Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit बीज (bīja).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ਬੀਜ (bījăm (Shahmukhi spelling بِیج)

  1. (botany) seed

Declension

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Declension of ਬੀਜ
dir. sg. ਬੀਜ (bīj)
dir. pl. ਬੀਜ (bīj)
singular plural
direct ਬੀਜ (bīj) ਬੀਜ (bīj)
oblique ਬੀਜ (bīj) ਬੀਜਾਂ (bījā̃)
vocative ਬੀਜਾ (bījā) ਬੀਜੋ (bījo)
ablative ਬੀਜੋਂ (bījõ)
locative ਬੀਜੇ (bīje) ਬੀਜੀਂ (bījī̃)
instrumental ਬੀਜੇ (bīje) ਬੀਜੀਂ (bījī̃)

Verb

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ਬੀਜ (bīj)

  1. inflection of ਬੀਜਣਾ (bījṇā):
    1. stem
    2. second-person singular present imperative

Further reading

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  • ਬੀਜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਬੀਜ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 154.
  •   ਬੀਜ on the Punjabi Wikipedia.Wikipedia pa