बीचि

Old Awadhi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वीचि (vīci).

Noun

बीचि (bīci) f

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