bhikkhuni

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Pali bhikkhunī, from Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī).

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Noun

bhikkhuni (plural bhikkhunis)

1. A Buddhist nun.

   Coordinate term: bhikkhu

Translations

Buddhist nun

• Burmese: ဘိက္ခုနီ (my) (bhikhku.ni)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 比丘尼 (bei² jau¹ nei⁴)

  Mandarin: 比丘尼 (zh) (bǐqiūní)

• Finnish: buddhalainen nunna
• Italian: monaca buddista f
• Japanese: 比丘尼 (ja) (びくに, bikuni)
• Korean: 비구니(比丘尼) (ko) (biguni)
• Mongolian: гэлэнмаа (mn) (gelenmaa), ᠭᠡᠯᠣᠩᠮ
  ᠠ (geloŋm a)
• Shan: ၽိၵ်ႈၶူႇၼီႇ (phīk khùu nìi)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tỉ-khâu-ni (比丘尼)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• भिक्खुनि (Devanagari script)
• ভিক্খুনি (Bengali script)
• භික‍්ඛුනි (Sinhalese script)
• ဘိက္ခုနိ or ꧤိၵ္ၶုၼိ or ꧤိၵ်ၶုၼိ (Burmese script)
• ภิกฺขุนิ or ภิกขุนิ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩥᨠ᩠ᨡᩩᨶᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠິກ຺ຂຸນິ or ຠິກຂຸນິ (Lao script)
• ភិក្ខុនិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄨𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄪𑄚𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

bhikkhuni

1. vocative singular of bhikkhunī (“Buddhist nun”)