Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/beej/ ਬ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਬੀਜ beej Say it**BEEJ**Type**Noun**Shahmukhiبیج In short Beej is the seed, the small, hard beginning of every crop, and in wider speech the origin of anything. Good seed is the cheapest insurance a crop has. ## How it's used 1. 1ਚੰਗਾ ਬੀਜ ਹੀ ਚੰਗੀ ਫ਼ਸਲ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।Good seed alone gives a good harvest. 2. 2ਕਿਸਾਨ ਨੇ ਖੇਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਣਕ ਦਾ ਬੀਜ ਬੀਜਿਆ।The farmer sowed wheat seed in the field. 3. 3ਇਸ ਝਗੜੇ ਦਾ ਬੀਜ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਹੈ।The seed of this quarrel is old. _Metaphorical use_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਬੀਜ ਹਰ ਫ਼ਸਲ ਦੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ ਹੈ। ਜਿਵੇਂ ਬੀਜ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ, ਫ਼ਸਲ ਵੀ ਓਹੋ ਜਿਹੀ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ, ਇਹ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਦੀ ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਸਮਝ ਹੈ। ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਆਪਣੇ ਖੇਤੋਂ ਚੰਗੇ ਦਾਣੇ ਚੁਣ ਕੇ ਬੀਜ ਰੱਖਦਾ ਸੀ। ਅੱਜ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾਤਰ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਦੁਕਾਨ ਤੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਮਾਣਿਤ ਬੀਜ ਖਰੀਦਦੇ ਹਨ। ਬੋਲਚਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ “ਬੀਜ” ਦਾ ਮਤਲਬ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ ਵੀ ਹੈ, ਕਿਸੇ ਝਗੜੇ ਦਾ ਬੀਜ, ਕਿਸੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਦਾ ਬੀਜ। ## Meaning ਬੀਜ (beej) is the seed, the small, hard beginning of every crop. But in Punjabi the word reaches further than the field: the beej is the origin of anything, the first cause from which a thing grows. A quarrel has its beej; an idea has its beej. For the farmer, beej is a practical obsession. Good seed, clean, healthy, true to variety, is the cheapest insurance a crop has. Old farmers kept their own seed from the best ears of wheat; today most buy certified seed, but the instinct is the same: everything starts with the beej. ## Origin and etymology The word comes from Sanskrit ਬੀਜ (bīja), seed, one of the oldest agricultural words in the Indian languages, unchanged in meaning for thousands of years. ## Cultural context Sowing day was once a small ceremony: the farmer would test the seed, pray over it, and walk the field scattering or drilling it with care. Seed exchange between neighbours was ordinary village economy, you gave your best wheat seed to the man whose crop had failed. Modern Punjab has moved to certified and hybrid seed sold in packets, and the old practice of saving seed has faded; but in speech the beej remains the perfect image of beginnings, used by poets and preachers as freely as by farmers. ## What does beej mean in Punjabi? ਬੀਜ (beej) is the seed, the small, hard beginning of every crop. But in Punjabi the word reaches further than the field: the beej is the origin of anything, the first cause from which a thing grows. A quarrel has its beej; an idea has its beej. ## How is beej used in a sentence? In Punjabi: "ਚੰਗਾ ਬੀਜ ਹੀ ਚੰਗੀ ਫ਼ਸਲ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।", meaning "Good seed alone gives a good harvest.". ## Where does beej come from? The word comes from Sanskrit ਬੀਜ (bīja), seed, one of the oldest agricultural words in the Indian languages, unchanged in meaning for thousands of years. ## What is the cultural significance of beej? Sowing day was once a small ceremony: the farmer would test the seed, pray over it, and walk the field scattering or drilling it with care. Seed exchange between neighbours was ordinary village economy, you gave your best wheat seed to the man whose crop had failed. ## ਬੀਜ ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ? ਬੀਜ ਹਰ ਫ਼ਸਲ ਦੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ ਹੈ। ਜਿਵੇਂ ਬੀਜ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ, ਫ਼ਸਲ ਵੀ ਓਹੋ ਜਿਹੀ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ, ਇਹ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਦੀ ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਸਮਝ ਹੈ। ## ਬੀਜ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ? ਉਦਾਹਰਨ: "ਚੰਗਾ ਬੀਜ ਹੀ ਚੰਗੀ ਫ਼ਸਲ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।" (Good seed alone gives a good harvest.) ## ਬੀਜ ਦਾ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ ਮਹੱਤਵ ਕੀ ਹੈ? ਬੋਲਚਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ “ਬੀਜ” ਦਾ ਮਤਲਬ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ ਵੀ ਹੈ, ਕਿਸੇ ਝਗੜੇ ਦਾ ਬੀਜ, ਕਿਸੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਦਾ ਬੀਜ। ## Related words [ਫ਼ਸਲfasalCrop; the season's harvest](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/fasal/)[ਖੇਤkhetField; farmland](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/khet/) Sources (2) 1. Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha 2. 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