Old Awadhi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वीचि (vīci).

Noun

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बीचि (bīcif

  1. wave (on the ocean)
    • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Rāmacaritamānasa :
      गिरा अरथ जल बीचि कहिअत भिन्न न भिन्न ।
      बंदउँ सीता राम पद जिन्हहि परम प्रिय खिन्न ॥
      girā aratha jala bīci kahiata bhinna na bhinna.
      baṃdaüm̐ sītā rāma pada jinhahi parama priya khinna.
      Identical like a word and its meaning or water and its waves they are said to be different but are not
      I fall to the feet of Sita and Rama to whom the distressed are most dear