As a Hindi name
भूमिका · noun · feminine
रचना · अभिनय करना । भेस बदलना · वक्तव्य के संबंध में पहले की हुई सूचना — Śabdasāgara
भूमिका · bhūmikā · s.f.
Preface (to a book), introduction — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 197
भूमिका · feminine
a female given name, Bhumika or Bhoomika, from Sanskrit
भूमिका · feminine
role, character; groundwork, foundation, introduction
Cited formation "भूमिका" is भूमिक + -आ: भूमिक means "= bhūmiyā, q.v", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "भूमिका" is भूमिक + -आ: भूमिक means "= bhūmiyā, q.v", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi भूमिका — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भूमिका (bhūmikā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bhūmikā f. earth, ground, soil, Kāś.; Kathās. &c.
(ifc.) a spot, place for (e.g. āhāra-bh˚, an eating-place, Kathās.; akṣara-bh˚, a place i.e. a tablet for writing, Ragh.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
earth, ground, soil, &c.
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Dictionary citations
bhūmikā f. earth, ground, soil, Kāś.; Kathās. &c.
(ifc.) a spot, place for (e.g. āhāra-bh˚, an eating-place, Kathās.; akṣara-bh˚, a place i.e. a tablet for writing, Ragh.)
a story, floor, Inscr.; Pañcat. (with gṛhopari, the flat roof of a house, Śukas.)
a step, degree, Yogas.
(in dram.) an actor's part or character, Vikr.; Mālatīm. &c.
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