Bima

See also: bima, bìmá, bimą, and Bimą

English

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Bima

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian Bima.

Proper noun

Bima

1. A city in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Translations

city in Indonesia

Indonesian: Bima (id)

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese bhīma (“terrific, terrible, formidable”), from Sanskrit भीम (bhīma, “terrific”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.mə/
• Rhymes: -imə
• Hyphenation: Bi‧ma

Proper noun

Bima (Balinese script ᬪᬷᬫ)

1. Bhima: name of one of the Pandhawa.

Further reading

• “Bima”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbima/
• Hyphenation: Bi‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Bima bima; derived from imbi (“believe; trust; faith”) +‎ ruma (“God”).

Noun

Bima

1. (ethnology) the indigenous people native to Bima region in Sumbawa island, West Nusa Tenggara province

   Synonym: Mbojo

2. (linguistic) the native language of Bima people.
3. (geography) the region in Sumbawa island
4. (administrative) the kabupaten (“regency”) in northeast and eastern hemisphere of Sumbawa island

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦨꦶꦩ (Bima).

Proper noun

Bima

1. Bhima: In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the second of the Pandava brothers
2. a male given name from Javanese
3. a city in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Further reading

• “Bima”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

Bima

1. romanization of ꦨꦶꦩ