bima

See also: Bima, bìmá, bimą, and Bimą

English

Alternative forms

• bema
• bimah

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בִּימָה (bîmâ). Doublet of bema.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

bima (plural bimas)

2. (Judaism) The raised platform in the front of a synagogue where the Torah is read on a podium.

   Synonyms: en, almemar, almemor

Translations

Translations

Czech: bima f, almemor m, teva f Polish: bima (pl) f

Anagrams

• ambi-, bami, iamb, imba

Dutch

Alternative forms

• biema

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בִּימָה (bimá), ultimately from Ancient Greek βῆμα (bêma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.maː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bi‧ma

Noun

bima f (plural bima's, diminutive bimaatje n)

1. bima (raised platform in a synagogue)

Synonyms

• almemor
• bieme

Galician

Verb

bima

1. inflection of bimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Javanese

Romanization

bima

1. Romanization of ꦧꦶꦩ

Latin

Adjective

bīma

1. inflection of bīmus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

bīmā

1. ablative feminine singular of bīmus

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

bima

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בִּימָה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: bi‧ma
• Homophone: Bima

Noun

bima f

1. (architecture, Judaism) bima

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	bima	bimy
genitive	bimy	bim
dative	bimie	bimom
accusative	bimę	bimy
instrumental	bimą	bimami
locative	bimie	bimach
vocative	bimo	bimy

Declension of bima

Further reading

• bima in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बीमा (bīmā) / Urdu بِیمَہ (bīmā), from Persian بیمه.^[1]

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

bima class IX (plural bima class X)

1. insurance (business)

References

1. Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000) Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts‎, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 125: “Swahili bali (ear-ring), banyani (Hindu, Jain), bepari (trader, capitalist), bima (insurance), binda (okra, ladies fingers), and binda (loin cloth) are therefore most probably of Hindustani source (or Marathi/Konkani, Punjabi).”

Volapük

Noun

bima

1. genitive singular of bim