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 (bhikṣú, “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 (bhikṣú).

Noun

bhikkhu m

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

Declension

Declension table of "cakkhu" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	cakkhu	cakkhavo or cakkhū
Accusative (second)	cakkhuṃ	cakkhavo or cakkhū
Instrumental (third)	cakkhunā	cakkhūhi or cakkhūbhi
Dative (fourth)	cakkhussa or cakkhuno	cakkhūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	cakkhusmā or cakkhumhā	cakkhūhi or cakkhūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	cakkhussa or cakkhuno	cakkhūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	cakkhusmiṃ or cakkhumhi	cakkhūsu
Vocative (calling)	cakkhu	cakkhave or cakkhavo