दृढबीज

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

দৃঢবীজ (Assamese script)
ᬤᬺᬠᬩᬷᬚ (Balinese script)
দৃঢবীজ (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰴𑰛𑰤𑰱𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀾𑀠𑀩𑀻𑀚 (Brahmi script)
ဒၖဎဗီဇ (Burmese script)
દૃઢબીજ (Gujarati script)
ਦ੍ਰਢਬੀਜ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑍃𑌢𑌬𑍀𑌜 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦽꦞꦧꦷꦗ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑃂𑂛𑂥𑂲𑂔 (Kaithi script)
ದೃಢಬೀಜ (Kannada script)
ទ្ឫឍពីជ (Khmer script)
ທ຺ຣິຒພີຊ (Lao script)
ദൃഢബീജ (Malayalam script)
ᡩᡵᡳᢟᠠᠪᡳᡳᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘵𑘛𑘤𑘲𑘕 (Modi script)
ᢑᠷᠢᢎᠾᠠᠪᠢᠢᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧖𑦻𑧄𑧓𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐺𑐝𑐧𑐷𑐖 (Newa script)
ଦୃଢବୀଜ (Odia script)
ꢣꢺꢟꢨꢷꢙ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆸𑆞𑆧𑆵𑆘 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖴𑖛𑖤𑖱𑖕 (Siddham script)
දෘඪබීජ (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩙𑩩𑩲𑩑𑩛𑩣 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚗𑚠𑚯𑚑 (Takri script)
த்³ரிட⁴பீ³ஜ (Tamil script)
దృఢబీజ (Telugu script)
ทฺฤฒพีช (Thai script)
དྲྀ་ཌྷ་བཱི་ཛ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒵𑒜𑒥𑒲𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨼𑨉𑨗𑨠𑨁𑨊𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From दृढ (dṛḍha, “hard, strong”) +‎ बीज (bīja, “seed”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dr̩.ɖʱɐ.biː.d͡ʑɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪r̩.ɖʱɐˈbiː.d͡ʑɐ/

Noun

दृढबीज • (dṛḍhabīja) stem, m

gum arabic tree (Vachellia nilotica, syn. Acacia arabica)
jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
sickle senna (Senna tora, syn. Cassia tora)
(New Sanskrit) guava

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दृढबीज (dṛḍhabīja)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दृढबीजः dṛḍhabījaḥ	दृढबीजौ / दृढबीजा¹ dṛḍhabījau / dṛḍhabījā¹	दृढबीजाः / दृढबीजासः¹ dṛḍhabījāḥ / dṛḍhabījāsaḥ¹
Vocative	दृढबीज dṛḍhabīja	दृढबीजौ / दृढबीजा¹ dṛḍhabījau / dṛḍhabījā¹	दृढबीजाः / दृढबीजासः¹ dṛḍhabījāḥ / dṛḍhabījāsaḥ¹
Accusative	दृढबीजम् dṛḍhabījam	दृढबीजौ / दृढबीजा¹ dṛḍhabījau / dṛḍhabījā¹	दृढबीजान् dṛḍhabījān
Instrumental	दृढबीजेन dṛḍhabījena	दृढबीजाभ्याम् dṛḍhabījābhyām	दृढबीजैः / दृढबीजेभिः¹ dṛḍhabījaiḥ / dṛḍhabījebhiḥ¹
Dative	दृढबीजाय dṛḍhabījāya	दृढबीजाभ्याम् dṛḍhabījābhyām	दृढबीजेभ्यः dṛḍhabījebhyaḥ
Ablative	दृढबीजात् dṛḍhabījāt	दृढबीजाभ्याम् dṛḍhabījābhyām	दृढबीजेभ्यः dṛḍhabījebhyaḥ
Genitive	दृढबीजस्य dṛḍhabījasya	दृढबीजयोः dṛḍhabījayoḥ	दृढबीजानाम् dṛḍhabījānām
Locative	दृढबीजे dṛḍhabīje	दृढबीजयोः dṛḍhabījayoḥ	दृढबीजेषु dṛḍhabījeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “दृढबीज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 490.