जम्बुद्वीप

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

জম্বুদ্বীপ (Assamese script)
ᬚᬫ᭄ᬩᬸᬤ᭄ᬯᬷᬧ (Balinese script)
জম্বুদ্বীপ (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰲𑰟𑰿𑰪𑰱𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀻𑀧 (Brahmi script)
ဇမ္ဗုဒွီပ (Burmese script)
જમ્બુદ્વીપ (Gujarati script)
ਜਮ੍ਬੁਦ੍ਵੀਪ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍀𑌪 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦩ꧀ꦧꦸꦢ꧀ꦮꦷꦥ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂳𑂠𑂹𑂫𑂲𑂣 (Kaithi script)
ಜಮ್ಬುದ್ವೀಪ (Kannada script)
ជម្ពុទ្វីប (Khmer script)
ຊມ຺ພຸທ຺ວີປ (Lao script)
ജമ്ബുദ്വീപ (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠠᠮᠪᡠᡩᠣᠸᡳᡳᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘳𑘟𑘿𑘪𑘲𑘢 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᠮᠪᠤᢑᠸᠢᠢᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧔𑦿𑧠𑧊𑧓𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐸𑐡𑑂𑐰𑐷𑐥 (Newa script)
ଜମ୍ବୁଦ୍ଵୀପ (Odia script)
ꢙꢪ꣄ꢨꢸꢣ꣄ꢮꢷꢦ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆶𑆢𑇀𑆮𑆵𑆥 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖲𑖟𑖿𑖪𑖱𑖢 (Siddham script)
ජම‍්බුද්‍වීප (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩒𑩭 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩰 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚰𑚛𑚶𑚦𑚯𑚞 (Takri script)
ஜம்பு³த்³வீப (Tamil script)
జమ్బుద్వీప (Telugu script)
ชมฺพุทฺวีป (Thai script)
ཛ་མྦུ་དྭཱི་པ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒳𑒠𑓂𑒫𑒲𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨃𑨛𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of जम्बु (jambu, “jambu tree”) +‎ द्वीप (dvīpá, “island”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐm.bud.ʋiː.pɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐm.bud̪.ʋiː.pɐ/

Proper noun

ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒प • (jambudvīpá) stem, m

(Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism) Jambudvipa: one of the seven regions of the Earth.
Coordinate terms: जम्बुद्वीप (jambudvīpa), प्लक्षद्वीप (plakṣadvīpa), शमलद्वीप (śamaladvīpa), कुशद्वीप (kuśadvīpa), क्रौञ्चद्वीप (krauñcadvīpa), शाकद्वीप (śākadvīpa), पुष्करद्वीप (puṣkaradvīpa)
Asia, Eurasia (a continent)
India (a region of Asia)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒प
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पः (jambudvīpáḥ)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पौ (jambudvīpáu) ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पा¹ (jambudvīpā́¹)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पाः (jambudvīpā́ḥ) ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पासः॑¹ (jambudvīpā́saḥ¹)
accusative	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पम् (jambudvīpám)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पौ (jambudvīpáu) ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पा¹ (jambudvīpā́¹)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पान् (jambudvīpā́n)
instrumental	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पेन॑ (jambudvīpéna)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पाभ्या॑म् (jambudvīpā́bhyām)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पैः (jambudvīpáiḥ) ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पेभिः॑¹ (jambudvīpébhiḥ¹)
dative	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पाय॑ (jambudvīpā́ya)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पाभ्या॑म् (jambudvīpā́bhyām)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पेभ्यः॑ (jambudvīpébhyaḥ)
ablative	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पात् (jambudvīpā́t)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पाभ्या॑म् (jambudvīpā́bhyām)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पेभ्यः॑ (jambudvīpébhyaḥ)
genitive	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पस्य॑ (jambudvīpásya)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पयोः॑ (jambudvīpáyoḥ)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पाना॑म् (jambudvīpā́nām)
locative	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पे (jambudvīpé)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पयोः॑ (jambudvīpáyoḥ)	ज॒म्बु॒द्वी॒पेषु॑ (jambudvīpéṣu)
vocative	जम्बु॑द्वीप (jámbudvīpa)	जम्बु॑द्वीपौ (jámbudvīpau) जम्बु॑द्वीपा¹ (jámbudvīpā¹)	जम्बु॑द्वीपाः (jámbudvīpāḥ) जम्बु॑द्वीपासः¹ (jámbudvīpāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa)
- Gandhari: 𐨗𐨎𐨦𐨂𐨡𐨁𐨬 (jaṃbudiva)
  - → Khotanese: jaṃbutīvä
  - → Parthian: 𐫉𐫖𐫁𐫇𐫅𐫏𐫃 (zmbwdyg /⁠zambudīg⁠/)^[2]
- Prakrit: 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀯 (jaṃbudīva), 𑀚𑀁𑀩𑀼𑀤𑀻𑀧 (jaṃbudīpa)
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ދަނބިދޫ (daᵐbidū) (obsolete 𑤞𑤢𑤳𑤝𑤳𑤩𑤳 (dhabuduvu /⁠daᵐbuduvu⁠/))^[3]
      - → English: Dhanbidhoo, Dambidu
    - Sinhalese: දඹදිව (daᵐbadiwa)
Pali: jambudīpa
- → Burmese: ဇမ္ဗူဒီပါ (jambudipa)
→ Chinese: 閻浮提 / 阎浮提 (yánfútí)
- → Japanese: 閻浮提 (えんぶだい, enbudai)
- → Korean: 염부제 (yeombuje)
- → Vietnamese: Diêm Phù Đề
→ Kannada: ಜಂಬುದ್ವೀಪ (jambudvīpa)
→ Thai: ชมพูทวีป (chom-puu-tá-wîip)
→ Tibetan: འཛམ་བུའི་གླིང་ ('dzam bu'i gling) (partial calque)
→ English: Jambudvipa, Jambudvīpa

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jambudvīpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 283
^ Nicholas Sims-Williams (1983), “Indian elements in Parthian and Sogdian”, in K. Röhrborn, W. Veenker, editors, Sprachen des Buddhismus in Zentralasien (Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica; 16), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 134.
^ Sonja Fritz (2002), “Morphology”, in The Dhivehi language - a descriptive and historical grammar of Maldivian and its dialects (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung; 191), Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, page 60

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jambudvīpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 283

[2] Nicholas Sims-Williams (1983), “Indian elements in Parthian and Sogdian”, in K. Röhrborn, W. Veenker, editors, Sprachen des Buddhismus in Zentralasien (Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica; 16), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 134.

[3] Sonja Fritz (2002), “Morphology”, in The Dhivehi language - a descriptive and historical grammar of Maldivian and its dialects (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung; 191), Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, page 60

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