bhikkhu

See also: bhikkhū

English

Alternative forms

• bhikku, bikkhu, bhikshu, bhiksu
• bhikkhuni (feminine - a Buddhist nun)
• bhikshuni (feminine - a Buddhist nun)

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “mendicant”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪkuː/

Noun

bhikkhu (plural bhikkhus)

1. A Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha.

Synonyms

• monk

Related terms

• bhikkhuni (“Buddhist nun”)

Translations

Buddhist monk

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Burmese: ဘိက္ခု (my) (bhikhku.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比丘 (zh) (bǐqiū), 和尚 (zh) (héshang), 僧侶／僧侣 (zh) (sēnglǚ), 僧侣 (zh) (sēnglǚ)

• Finnish: buddhalainen munkki
• French: bhikshu m
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: भिक्षु (hi) (bhikṣu)
• 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) (u’pa’sɑmban), ភិក្ខុ (km) (pʰikkʰo’)
• Korean: 비구 (bigu)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: biku
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• Mongolian: гэлэн (mn) (gelen), ᠭᠡᠯᠦᠩ (gelüng)
• Nepali: भिक्षु (bhikṣu)
• Pali: bhikkhu m
• Portuguese: bico (pt)
• Russian: бхи́кшу (ru) m (bxíkšu)
• Sanskrit: भिक्षु (sa) m (bhikṣu)
• Sinhalese: භික්‍ෂූහූ (bhikṣūhū)
• Spanish: bhikkhu m
• Tamil: துறவி (ta) (tuṟavi)
• Thai: ภิกษุ (th) (pík-sù), ภิกขุ (pík-kù), พระภิกษุ (th)
• Tibetan: དགེ་སློང (dge slong)
• Vietnamese: Tỉ-khâu, Tỉ-khưu

See also

• bonze
• Sramana

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• भिक्खु (Devanagari script)
• ভিক্খু (Bengali script)
• භික‍්ඛු (Sinhalese script)
• ဘိက္ခု or ꧤိၵ္ၶု or ꧤိၵ်ၶု (Burmese script)
• ภิกฺขุ or ภิกขุ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩥᨠ᩠ᨡᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠິກ຺ຂຸ or ຠິກຂຸ (Lao script)
• ភិក្ខុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄨𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu).

Noun

bhikkhu m

1. beggar (person who begs)
2. Buddhist monk