Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beas

/bˈiz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
beas
IPA
/bˈiz/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in northern India, rising in the Himalayas and emptying into the Sutlej.

Etymology

From Hindi ब्यास (byās) or Punjabi ਬਿਆਸ (biāsa), both ultimately from Sanskrit विपाशा (vipāśā).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ब्यास, ਬਿਆਸ, विपाशा

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Questions

How do you pronounce beas?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈiz/.
What does beas mean?
A river of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in northern India, rising in the Himalayas and emptying into the Sutlej.
Where does beas come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce beas

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