बीज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बीज (bī́ja). Doublet of बीआ (bīā), a tadbhava.

Noun

बीज • (bīj) m (Urdu spelling بیج‎)

  1. seed, seedling
  2. nucleus
  3. kernel

See also

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • bīja (Latin script)
  • 𑀩𑀻𑀚 (Brahmi script)
  • বীজ (Bengali script)
  • බීජ (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗီဇ (Burmese script)
  • พีช (Thai script)
  • ᨻᩦᨩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ពីជ (Khmer script)

Noun

बीज n

  1. Devanagari script form of bīja

Declension
Declension table of "बीज" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)बीजंबीजानि
Accusative (second)बीजंबीजानि
Instrumental (third)बीजेनबीजेहि or बीजेभि
Dative (fourth)बीजस्स or बीजाय or बीजत्थंबीजानं
Ablative (fifth)बीजस्मा or बीजम्हा or बीजाबीजेहि or बीजेभि
Genitive (sixth)बीजस्सबीजानं
Locative (seventh)बीजस्मिं or बीजम्हि or बीजेबीजेसु
Vocative (calling)बीजबीजानि

Rajasthani

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बीज (bī́ja).

Noun

बीज (bīj) ?

  1. seed
  2. sprout
  3. semen

Derived terms

References
  • Bhanwar Lal Suthar and Sukhveer Singh Gahlot (1998), Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary, page 240. Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press).

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bíHȷ́am, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am (“seed, semen”). Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (byz'k, “seed, semen”), Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

बीज • (bī́ja) n

  1. seed
  2. semen
  3. grain
  4. origin
    • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 7.10:
      बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां सनातनम्
      bījaṃ māṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sanātanam
      The origin I am of all beings, everlasting

Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of बीज (bī́ja)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative बीजम्
bī́jam		 बीजे
bī́je		 बीजानि / बीजा¹
bī́jāni / bī́jā¹
Vocative बीज
bī́ja		 बीजे
bī́je		 बीजानि / बीजा¹
bī́jāni / bī́jā¹
Accusative बीजम्
bī́jam		 बीजे
bī́je		 बीजानि / बीजा¹
bī́jāni / bī́jā¹
Instrumental बीजेन
bī́jena		 बीजाभ्याम्
bī́jābhyām		 बीजैः / बीजेभिः¹
bī́jaiḥ / bī́jebhiḥ¹
Dative बीजाय
bī́jāya		 बीजाभ्याम्
bī́jābhyām		 बीजेभ्यः
bī́jebhyaḥ
Ablative बीजात्
bī́jāt		 बीजाभ्याम्
bī́jābhyām		 बीजेभ्यः
bī́jebhyaḥ
Genitive बीजस्य
bī́jasya		 बीजयोः
bī́jayoḥ		 बीजानाम्
bī́jānām
Locative बीजे
bī́je		 बीजयोः
bī́jayoḥ		 बीजेषु
bī́jeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Borrowed terms

Derived terms
  • बीजक (bī́jaka)
    • Dardic: *bī́yaka

Descendants
  • Dardic: *bī́ya
    • Kalasha: bi
    • → Nuristani: *bī́ya (see there for further descendants)
  • Gandhari: 𐨦𐨁𐨩‎ (biya)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀻𑀅 (bīa)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
    • Gujarati: બી (bī), બીયું (bīyũ)
    • Hindi: बीआ (bīā), बीया (bīyā)
    • Nepali: बीउ (bīu)
    • Punjabi: ਬੀ (bī)
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