# बीज
## Hindi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /biːd͡ʒ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

बीज • (bīj) m (Urdu spelling بیج)
* seed, seedling
* nucleus (clarification of this definition is needed)
    Synonym: नाभिक (nābhik)
* kernel

#### Declension
## Marwari
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बीज (bīja).

### Noun

बीज (bīj) ?
* seed
* sprout
* semen

#### Derived terms

* बीजणौ (bījṇau)

### Further reading

* Bhanwar, Lal Suthar, Gahlot, Sukhveer Singh (1998) राजस्थानी-हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी कोश [rājasthānī-hindī-aṅgrejī koś, Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary] (in Hindi), Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press), page 240

## Old Marathi
### Noun

बीज (bīja) n
* Devanagari script form of 𑘤𑘲𑘕

#### Declension
## Pali
### 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
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* 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 [script needed] (byz'k, “seed, semen”), Parachi bīz (“seed-corn”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bíː.d͡ʑɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbiː.d͡ʑɐ/

### 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.
* semen
* grain
* origin
** c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 7.10:बीजं मां सर्वभूतानां सनातनम्bījaṃ māṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sanātanamThe origin I am of all beings, everlasting
* algebra

#### 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

* बीजक (bī́jaka)
** Dardic:
*** Kalasha: bíyak

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: bi
** Khowar: بی (bi)
** 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)
* Niya Prakrit: 𐨧𐨁𐨗𐨹 (bhij́a)
* Pali: bīja
* Sauraseni Prakrit:
** Gujarati: બી (bī), બીયું (bīyũ)
** Hindi: बीआ (bīā), बीया (bīyā)
** Nepali: बीउ (bīu)
** Punjabi: ਬੀ (bī)

### Further reading

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bīja”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.