< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/bʰúHmiš
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”).
Noun
*bʰúHmiš f
- earth, land
Declension
feminine i-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *bʰúHmiš | *bʰúHmiH | *bʰúHmayas |
vocative | *bʰúHmay | *bʰúHmiH | *bʰúHmayas |
accusative | *bʰúHmim | *bʰúHmiH | *bʰúHmīn, -īš |
instrumental | *bʰúHm(išt)yā | *bʰúHmibʰyām | *bʰúHmibʰiš |
ablative | *bʰúHmayš, *-yaš | *bʰúHmibʰyām | *bʰúHmibʰyas |
dative | *bʰúHmayay | *bʰúHmibʰyām | *bʰúHmibʰyas |
genitive | *bʰúHmayš | *bʰúHmyawš | *bʰúHmayām? |
locative | *bʰúHmāw, *-yā | *bʰúHmyawš | *bʰúHmišu |
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *bʰúHmiṣ
- Sanskrit: भूमि (bhū́mi)
- Dardic: *bʰū́mi
- Kalasha: bhum (“earth; ground”)
- Khowar: بوم (bum)
- Assamese: ভূঁই (bhũi)
- Pali: bhūmi
- Gujarati: ભોંય (bhõya), ભોં (bhõ)
- Dardic: *bʰū́mi
- Sanskrit: भूमि (bhū́mi)
- Iranian: *búHmiš
- Avestan: 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌 (būmi)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: بوو (bū), بووم (būm) (in compounds)
- Old Persian: 𐏏 (BU /būmiš/)
- Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭥𐭬 (bwm /būm/)
- Persian: بوم (bum)
- Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭥𐭬 (bwm /būm/)