bwm

See also: BWM

Translingual

Symbol

bwm

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Biwat.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Biwat terms

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏏 (BU /⁠būmiš⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *búHmiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰúHmiš (compare Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi, “earth, soil, land”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”).

Noun

bwm • (/būm/)

1. earth, land
2. country

Synonyms

• (earth): zmyk' (/⁠zamīg⁠/)
• (country): štl' (/⁠šahr⁠/)

Descendants

• Persian: بوم (bum)