জন্মভূমি

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जन्मभूमि (janmabhūmi). By surface analysis, জন্ম (jonmo) +‎ ভূমি (bhumi).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔnmɔbʱumi/, [ˈd͡ʒɔnmɔbʱumiˑ], [ˈd͡ʒɔnmɔvumiˑ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑɔnmɔbʱumi/, [ˈdʑɔnmɔbʱumiˑ], [ˈdʑɔnmɔvumiˑ]

Noun

জন্মভূমি • (jonmobhumi)

birthplace, motherland
- Dwijendralal Ray, Dhono Dhanno Pushpa Bhora:
  এমন দেশটি কোথাও খুঁজে পাবে নাকো তুমি
  ও সে সকল দেশের রানি সে যে আমার জন্মভূমি
  emon deśṭi kōthaō khũje pabe nakō tumi
  ō śe śokol deśer rani śe je amar jonmobhumi
  Such a land you'll find not anywhere
  Oh, she is the queen of all lands, my motherland.

Further reading

Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “জন্ম”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC, page 389.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬚᬦ᭄ᬫᬪᬹᬫᬶ (Balinese script)
𑰕𑰡𑰿𑰦𑰥𑰳𑰦𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀦𑁆𑀫𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဇန္မဘူမိ (Burmese script)
जन्मभूमि (Devanagari script)
જન્મભૂમિ (Gujarati script)
ਜਨ੍ਮਭੂਮਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌭𑍂𑌮𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦤ꧀ꦩꦨꦹꦩꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂢𑂹𑂧𑂦𑂴𑂧𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಜನ್ಮಭೂಮಿ (Kannada script)
ជន្មភូមិ (Khmer script)
ຊນ຺ມຠູມິ (Lao script)
ജന്മഭൂമി (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᠨᠮᠠᢨᡠᡠᠮᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘡𑘿𑘦𑘥𑘴𑘦𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠨᠮᠠᠪᠾᠤᠤᠮᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧁𑧠𑧆𑧅𑧕𑧆𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐣𑑂𑐩𑐨𑐹𑐩𑐶 (Newa script)
ଜନ୍ମଭୂମି (Odia script)
ꢙꢥ꣄ꢪꢩꢹꢪꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆤𑇀𑆩𑆨𑆷𑆩𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖡𑖿𑖦𑖥𑖳𑖦𑖰 (Siddham script)
ජන‍්මභූමි (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩯 𑪙𑩴𑩳𑩒𑩛𑩴𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚝𑚶𑚢𑚡𑚱𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
ஜந்மபூ⁴மி (Tamil script)
జన్మభూమి (Telugu script)
ชนฺมภูมิ (Thai script)
ཛ་ནྨ་བྷཱུ་མི (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒢𑓂𑒧𑒦𑒴𑒧𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨝𑩇𑨢𑨡𑨃𑨊𑨢𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

জন্মভূমি • (janmabhūmi) stem, f

Bengali script form of जन्मभूमि
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa:
  জননী জন্মভূমিশ্চ স্বর্গাদপি গরীয়সী
  jananī janmabhūmiśca svargādapi garīẏasī
  Mother and Motherland are greater than even Heaven