बीउ

Nepali

बीउ (bīu, “seed”)

बीउ (bīu, “seedling”)

बीउ (bīu, “stone of a fruit”)

Alternative forms

• बिउ (biu)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀻𑀅 (bīa), from Sanskrit बीज (bī́ja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biu̯]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बिउ
• Hyphenation: बीउ
• Rhymes: -iu̯

Noun

बीउ • (bīu)

1. (botany) seed

   तोरीको बीउ ― torīko bīu ― mustard seed

   बीउ रोप्नु ― bīu ropnu ― to sow a seed

   बीउ उम्रनु ― bīu umranu ― to germinate, sprout a seed

2. (botany) seedling

   कोदाको बीउ ― kodāko bīu ― millet seedling

   धानको बीउ ― dhānko bīu ― rice seedling

   बीउ काढ्नु ― bīu kāḍhnu ― to uproot a seedling

3. (botany) stone (of a fruit)

   आँपको बीउ ― ā̃pko bīu ― stone of a mango

Further reading

• “बीउ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018, page 917, column 1
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “बीउ”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar, page 462
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bīˊja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 523