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

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪkuː/

Noun

bhikkhu (plural bhikkhus)

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 (zh), 僧侣 (zh) (sēnglǚ)
Finnish: buddhalainen munkki, buddhalaismunkki
French: bhikshu m
German: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: भिक्षु (hi) (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) (u’pa’sɑmban), ភិក្ខុ (km) (pʰikkʰo’)
Korean: 비구 (bigu)
Lao: please add this translation if you can

Malay: biku
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 (th) (pík-kù), พระภิกษุ (th)
Tibetan: དགེ་སློང (dge slong)
Vietnamese: Tỉ-khâu, Tỉ-khưu

See also

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (Brahmi script)
भिक्खु (Devanagari script)
ভিক্খু (Bengali script)
භික‍්ඛු (Sinhalese script)
ဘိက္ခု (Burmese script)
ภิกฺขุ (Thai script)
ᨽᩥᨠ᩠ᨡᩩ (Tai Tham script)
ភិក្ខុ (Khmer script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú).

Noun

bhikkhu m

beggar (person who begs)
Buddhist monk

Declension

Declension table of "bhikkhu" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bhikkhu	bhikkhavo or bhikkhū
Accusative (second)	bhikkhuṃ	bhikkhavo or bhikkhū
Instrumental (third)	bhikkhunā	bhikkhūhi or bhikkhūbhi
Dative (fourth)	bhikkhussa or bhikkhuno	bhikkhūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bhikkhusmā or bhikkhumhā	bhikkhūhi or bhikkhūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	bhikkhussa or bhikkhuno	bhikkhūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bhikkhusmiṃ or bhikkhumhi	bhikkhūsu
Vocative (calling)	bhikkhu	bhikkhave or bhikkhavo

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