बीज
See also: बाज़ी, बाज़, बजे, and बाजा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit बीज (bī́ja). Doublet of बीआ (bīā), a tadbhava.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /biːd͡ʒ/
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Noun
बीज • (bīj) m (Urdu spelling بیج)
- seed, seedling
- nucleus (clarification of this definition is needed)
- Synonym: नाभिक (nābhik)
- kernel
Declension
Declension of बीज (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | बीज bīj | बीज bīj |
| oblique | बीज bīj | बीजों bījõ |
| vocative | बीज bīj | बीजो bījo |
Old Marathi
Noun
बीज (bīja) n
- Devanagari script form of 𑘤𑘲𑘕
Declension
| Declension of बीज | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | बीज (bīja) | बिजें (bijeṃ) |
| oblique | बिजा (bijā) | बिजां (bijāṃ) |
| instrumental | बिजें (bijeṃ) | बिजीं (bijīṃ) |
| locative | बिजी (bijī) | बिजीं (bijīṃ) |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- bīja (Latin script)
- 𑀩𑀻𑀚 (Brahmi script)
- বীজ (Bengali script)
- බීජ (Sinhalese script)
- ဗီဇ or ဗဳဇ or ၿီၹ (Burmese script)
- พีช or พีชะ (Thai script)
- ᨻᩦᨩ (Tai Tham script)
- ພີຊ or ພີຊະ (Lao script)
- ពីជ (Khmer script)
- 𑄝𑄩𑄎 (Chakma script)
Noun
बीज n
- Devanagari script form of bīja
Declension
Declension table of "बीज" (neuter)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | बीजं (bījaṃ) | बीजानि (bījāni) |
| Accusative (second) | बीजं (bījaṃ) | बीजानि (bījāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | बीजेन (bījena) | बीजेहि (bījehi) or बीजेभि (bījebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | बीजस्स (bījassa) or बीजाय (bījāya) or बीजत्थं (bījatthaṃ) | बीजानं (bījānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | बीजस्मा (bījasmā) or बीजम्हा (bījamhā) or बीजा (bījā) | बीजेहि (bījehi) or बीजेभि (bījebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | बीजस्स (bījassa) | बीजानं (bījānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | बीजस्मिं (bījasmiṃ) or बीजम्हि (bījamhi) or बीजे (bīje) | बीजेसु (bījesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | बीज (bīja) | बीजानि (bījāni) |
Rajasthani
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बीज (bīja).
Noun
बीज (bīj) ?
- seed
- sprout
- semen
Derived terms
- बीजणौ (bījṇau)
Further reading
- Bhanwar Lal Suthar and Sukhveer Singh Gahlot (1998), Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary, page 240. Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press).
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬩᬷᬚ (Balinese script)
- বীজ (Assamese script)
- বীজ (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰱𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀻𑀚 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌬𑍀𑌜 (Grantha script)
- બીજ (Gujarati script)
- ਬੀਜ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦧꦷꦗ (Javanese script)
- ពីជ (Khmer script)
- ಬೀಜ (Kannada script)
- ພີຊ (Lao script)
- ബീജ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘤𑘲𑘕 (Modi script)
- ᠪᢈᢈᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠪᡳᡳᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဗီဇ (Burmese script)
- 𑧄𑧓𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐷𑐖 (Newa script)
- ବୀଜ (Oriya script)
- ꢨꢷꢙ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆵𑆘 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖱𑖕 (Siddham script)
- බීජ (Sinhalese script)
- బీజ (Telugu script)
- พีช (Thai script)
- བཱི་ཛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒲𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am (“seed, semen”). Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (byz'k, “seed, semen”), Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bíː.d͡ʑɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbiː.d͡ʑɐ/
Noun
बीज • (bī́ja) n
- seed
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.53.13:
- येन तोकाय तनयाय धान्यं बीजं वहध्वे अक्षितम् ।
अस्मभ्यं तद्धत्तन यद्व ईमहे राधो विश्वायु सौभगम् ॥- yena tokāya tanayāya dhānyaṃ bījaṃ vahadhve akṣitam .
asmabhyaṃ taddhattana yadva īmahe rādho viśvāyu saubhagam . - Grant to us the bounty, that which we implore, through which, for child and progeny,
Ye give the seed of corn that does not die, and bliss that reaches to all life.
- yena tokāya tanayāya dhānyaṃ bījaṃ vahadhve akṣitam .
- येन तोकाय तनयाय धान्यं बीजं वहध्वे अक्षितम् ।
- semen
- grain
- origin
- c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 7.10:
- बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां सनातनम्
- bījaṃ māṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sanātanam
- The origin I am of all beings, everlasting
- बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां सनातनम्
- algebra
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 |
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Borrowed terms
- Gujarati: બીજ (bīj)
- Bengali: বীজ (bīj)
- Hindi: बीज (bīj)
- Khmer: ពីជៈ (piicĕəʼ)
- Kannada: ಬೀಜ (bīja)
- Marathi: बीज (bīj)
- Pali: bīja
- Tamil: பீசம் (pīcam)
Derived terms
- बीजक (bī́jaka)
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: bíyak
- Dardic:
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: bi
- Khowar: بى (bíi)
- Shina: बीँ (bī̃)
- Torwali: بِژ (biž)
- Kashmiri: بیول (byōl)
- → Proto-Nuristani: *bī́ya (see there for further descendants)
- Gandhari: 𐨦𐨁𐨩 (biya)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀻𑀅 (bīa) (see there for further descendants)
- Pali: bīja
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gujarati: બી (bī), બીયું (bīyũ)
- Hindi: बीआ (bīā), बीया (bīyā)
- Nepali: बीउ (bīu)
- Punjabi: ਬੀ (bī)