เณร

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Thai

Etymology

Clipping of สามเณร (sǎam-má-neen), from Pali sāmaṇera.

Pronunciation

Orthographicเณร
e ɳ r
Phonemic
เนน
e n n
RomanizationPaiboonneen
Royal Institutenen
(standard) IPA(key)/neːn˧/(R)

Noun

เณร (neen) (classifier รูป or องค์)

  1. (Buddhism and colloquial) a Buddhist novice, that is, an ordained male who merely adheres to ศีล ๑๐ (sǐil 10), or the ten precepts, as opposed to ภิกษุ (pík-sù), or a monk, who adheres to ศีล ๒๒๗ (sǐil 227), or the 227 precepts.