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bhūmibhāgo

bhūmibhāga

masc nom sg of bhūmibhāga (noun)

1. piece of earth; plot of land

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• bhūmi — root · earth, ground
  From √bhū 'to be, become', the earth conceived as that which is or exists. Cognates: English be, German bin, Latin fuī (perfect of sum).
• bhāga — root · part, share, portion
  From √bhaj 'to divide, allot, share'. The root sense is division or partition. Related to Sanskrit bhaj- and the Indo-European root *bʰeh₂g- 'to divide'.

Analysis. bhūmi (earth) + bhāga (part, share, portion); lit. 'earth-part', a portion or division of land.

Etymology. bhūmi from √bhū (to be, become; cf. English be, Latin fuī); bhāga from √bhaj (to share, allot; cf. Sanskrit bhaj-, Greek phagein 'to eat', originally 'to divide').

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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