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English
Etymology
Transliteration of Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “mendicant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bhikkhu (plural bhikkhus)
- A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Translations
Buddhist monk
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Bengali: ভিক্ষু (bn) (bhikkhu)
- Burmese: ဘိက္ခု (my) (bhikhku.), ဘုန်းကြီး (my) (bhun:kri:)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 比丘 (zh) (bǐqiū), 和尚 (zh) (héshang), 僧侶／僧侣 (zh) (sēnglǚ)
- Finnish: buddhalainen munkki, buddhalaismunkki
- French: bhikshu m
- German: Bhikkhu m
- Hindi: भिक्षु (hi) m (bhikṣu)
- Indonesian: biksu (id), biku (id)
- Italian: monaco buddista m
- Japanese: 比丘 (ja) (びく, biku), 苾蒭 (びっしゅ, bisshu, ひっすう, hissū), 苾芻 (びっしゅ, bisshu)
- Khmer: ឧបសម្បន្ន (km) (ʼupaʼsamban), ភិក្ខុ (km) (phɨkkhoʼ)
- Korean: 비구(比丘) (bigu), 필추(苾芻) (pilchu), 비크슈 (bikeusyu), 비쿠 (biku)
- Lao: ພິກຂຸ (phik khu), ພະສົງ (pha song)
- Malay: biku, biksu, sami
- Marathi: भिक्खू (bhikkhū)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: гэлэн (mn) (gelen)
- Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠯᠦᠩ (gelüng)
- Nepali: भिक्षु (bhikṣu)
- Pali: bhikkhu m
- Portuguese: bico (pt)
- Punjabi: ਭਿਖਸ਼ੂ (bhikhśū)
- Russian: бхи́кшу (ru) m (bxíkšu)
- Sanskrit: भिक्षु (sa) m (bhikṣu)
- Shan: ၽိၵ်ႈၶူႇ (phīk khùu)
- Sinhalese: භික්ෂූහූ (bhikṣūhū)
- Spanish: bhikkhu (es) m
- Tamil: துறவி (ta) (tuṟavi)
- Thai: ภิกษุ (th) (pík-sù), ภิกขุ (th) (pík-kù), พระภิกษุ (prá pík-sù)
- Tibetan: དགེ་སློང (dge slong)
- Vietnamese: Tỉ-khâu, Tỉ-khưu
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Pali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu). Related to bhikkhati, bhikkhā. Cognate with Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (bhikkhu).
Noun
bhikkhu m (feminine bhikkhunī)
- a beggar (one who begs)
- a Buddhist monk
Declension
Declension table of "bhikkhu" (masculine)
Further reading