Etymology

Beas

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Today it means: A river of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in northern India, rising in the Himalayas and emptying into the Sutlej. Full definition →

Hindi ब्यास ← Punjabi ਬਿਆਸ ← Sanskrit विपाशा
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromविपाशा
  2. Punjabi · borrowed fromਬਿਆਸ
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromब्यास
  4. English todayBeas

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.