bhikkhunī

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • भिक्खुनी (Devanagari script)
  • ভিক্খুনী (Bengali script)
  • භික‍්ඛුනී (Sinhalese script)
  • ဘိက္ခုနီ or ဘိက္ခုနဳ or ꧤိၵ္ၶုၼီ or ꧤိၵ်ၶုၼီ (Burmese script)
  • ภิกฺขุนี or ภิกขุนี (Thai script)
  • ᨽᩥᨠ᩠ᨡᩩᨶᩦ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຠິກ຺ຂຸນີ or ຠິກຂຸນີ (Lao script)
  • ភិក្ខុនី (Khmer script)
  • 𑄞𑄨𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄪𑄚𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī).

Noun

bhikkhunī f

  1. Buddhist nun

Descendants
  • → Burmese: ဘိက္ခုနီ (bhikhku.ni)
  • → Chinese: 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní)
  • → English: bhikkhuni
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