𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌
Avestan
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *búHmiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúHmiš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Cognate with Persian بوم (bum) and Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buːmi/
Noun
𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌 • (būmi) f
- earth, ground
- c. 1500 BCE – 500 BCE, Yasna 5.3:
- 𐬌𐬚𐬁 𐬁𐬝 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬉 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬆𐬨 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬄𐬨 𐬫𐬇 𐬔𐬄𐬨𐬗𐬁 𐬀𐬴𐬆𐬨𐬗𐬁 𐬛𐬁𐬝 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬁 𐬛𐬁𐬝 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬃𐬯𐬗𐬁 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬎𐬵𐬍𐬱 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬃𐬯𐬗𐬁 𐬛𐬁𐬝 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬍𐬨𐬗𐬁 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬗𐬁 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬏 𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁
- iθā āt̰ yazamaidē ahurəm mazdąm yə̄ gąmcā aṣ̌əmcā dāt̰ apascā dāt̰ uruuarā̊scā vaŋuhīš raocā̊scā dāt̰ būmīmcā vīspācā vohū ahiiā
- Thus therefore do we worship Ahura Mazda, who made the cows, and the (embodied) Righteousness, and the waters, and the wholesome plants, the stars, and the earth, and all (existing) objects that are good
- 𐬌𐬚𐬁 𐬁𐬝 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬉 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬆𐬨 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬄𐬨 𐬫𐬇 𐬔𐬄𐬨𐬗𐬁 𐬀𐬴𐬆𐬨𐬗𐬁 𐬛𐬁𐬝 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬁 𐬛𐬁𐬝 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬃𐬯𐬗𐬁 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬎𐬵𐬍𐬱 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬗𐬃𐬯𐬗𐬁 𐬛𐬁𐬝 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬍𐬨𐬗𐬁 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬗𐬁 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬏 𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬌𐬁
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬍 (būmī) | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌 (būmi) | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬍𐬱 (būmīš) |
| vocative | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬍 (būmī) | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌 (būmi) | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬍𐬱 (būmīš) |
| accusative | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬍𐬨 (būmīm) | — | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬍𐬱 (būmīš) |
| instrumental | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬁 (būmiiā) | — | — |
| dative | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌 (būmiiiāi) | — | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (būmibiiō) |
| ablative | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬝 (būmiiāt̰) | — | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌𐬠𐬌𐬌𐬋 (būmibiiō) |
| genitive | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬂 (būmiiå) | — | — |
| locative | — | — | 𐬠𐬏𐬨𐬌𐬱𐬎 (būmišu) |
References
- Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)[1], Brill, →ISBN