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.ɖʱɐ.biː.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
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दृढबीजः (dṛḍhabījaḥ)	दृढबीजौ (dṛḍhabījau) दृढबीजा¹ (dṛḍhabījā¹)	दृढबीजाः (dṛḍhabījāḥ) दृढबीजासः¹ (dṛḍhabījāsaḥ¹)
vocative	दृढबीज (dṛḍhabīja)	दृढबीजौ (dṛḍhabījau) दृढबीजा¹ (dṛḍhabījā¹)	दृढबीजाः (dṛḍhabījāḥ) दृढबीजासः¹ (dṛḍhabījāsaḥ¹)
accusative	दृढबीजम् (dṛḍhabījam)	दृढबीजौ (dṛḍhabījau) दृढबीजा¹ (dṛḍhabījā¹)	दृढबीजान् (dṛḍhabījān)
instrumental	दृढबीजेन (dṛḍhabījena)	दृढबीजाभ्याम् (dṛḍhabījābhyām)	दृढबीजैः (dṛḍhabījaiḥ) दृढबीजेभिः¹ (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)

¹Vedic

References

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