bīja

See also: bija and biją

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀩𑀻𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• बीज (Devanagari 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)

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit बीज (bī́ja).

Noun

bīja n

1. seed, germ
2. generating element

Declension

Declension table of "bīja" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bījaṃ	bījāni
Accusative (second)	bījaṃ	bījāni
Instrumental (third)	bījena	bījehi or bījebhi
Dative (fourth)	bījassa or bījāya or bījatthaṃ	bījānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bījasmā or bījamhā or bījā	bījehi or bījebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bījassa	bījānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bījasmiṃ or bījamhi or bīje	bījesu
Vocative (calling)	bīja	bījāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဗီဇ (bija.)
• → Khmer: ពីជៈ (piicĕəʼ)
• → Lao: ພືດ (phư̄t)
• → Thai: พืช (pʉ̂ʉt)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bīja”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead