बीज
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit बीज (bī́ja). Doublet of बीआ (bīā), a tadbhava.
Pronunciation
Noun
बीज • (bīj) m (Urdu spelling بیج)
Declension
Declension of बीज (masc cons-stem)
Marwari
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बीज (bīja).
Noun
बीज (bīj) ?
Derived terms
- बीजणौ (bījṇau)
Further reading
- Bhanwar, Lal Suthar, Gahlot, Sukhveer Singh (1998) राजस्थानी-हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी कोश (in Hindi), Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press), page 240
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 scripts
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) |
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- বীজ (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬷᬚ (Balinese script)
- বীজ (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰱𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀻𑀚 (Brahmi script)
- ဗီဇ (Burmese script)
- બીજ (Gujarati script)
- ਬੀਜ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑍀𑌜 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦷꦗ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂲𑂔 (Kaithi script)
- ಬೀಜ (Kannada script)
- ពីជ (Khmer script)
- ພີຊ (Lao script)
- ബീജ (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᡳᡳᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘲𑘕 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠢᠢᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧓𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐷𑐖 (Newa script)
- ବୀଜ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢷꢙ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆵𑆘 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖱𑖕 (Siddham script)
- බීජ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩑𑩛𑩣 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚯𑚑 (Takri script)
- பீ³ஜ (Tamil script)
- బీజ (Telugu script)
- พีช (Thai script)
- བཱི་ཛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒲𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨁𑨊𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bíHȷ́am (“seed, semen”). Cognate with Sogdian (byz'k, “seed, semen”), Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”).
Pronunciation
Noun
बीज • (bī́ja) stem, 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 |
| Notes |
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Borrowed terms
- Gujarati: બીજ (bīj)
- Bengali: বীজ (bij)
- Hindi: बीज (bīj)
- Khmer: ពីជៈ (piicĕəʼ)
- Kannada: ಬೀಜ (bīja)
- Marathi: बीज (bīj)
- Pali: bīja
- Tamil: பீசம் (pīcam)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Gandhari: 𐨦𐨁𐨩 (biya)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀻𑀅 (bīa) (see there for further descendants)
- Niya Prakrit: 𐨧𐨁𐨗𐨹 (bhij́a)
- Pali: bīja
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bīja”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.