भिक्षु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভিক্ষু (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬶᬓ᭄ᬱᬸ (Balinese script)
• ভিক্ষু (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဘိက္ၑု (Burmese script)
• ભિક્ષુ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਿਕ੍ਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦶꦏ꧀ꦰꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಿಕ್ಷು (Kannada script)
• ភិក្ឞុ (Khmer script)
• ຠິກ຺ຩຸ (Lao script)
• ഭിക്ഷു (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡳᡬᢢᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠢᢉᢔᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଭିକ୍ଷୁ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢶꢒ꣄ꢰꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲 (Siddham script)
• භික්‍ෂු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚰 (Takri script)
• பி⁴க்ஷு (Tamil script)
• భిక్షు (Telugu script)
• ภิกฺษุ (Thai script)
• བྷི་ཀྵུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Nominalised from भिक्षते (bhikṣate, “to beg, obtain”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰikṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰikšati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰih₂g-s-eti, i-grade desiderative of *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, desiderative”), with semantic shift.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱik.ʂú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱik.ʂu/

Noun

भिक्षु • (bhikṣú) stem, m

1. mendicant, beggar
2. a Buddhist monk

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of भिक्षु (bhikṣú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भिक्षुः bhikṣúḥ	भिक्षू bhikṣū́	भिक्षवः bhikṣávaḥ
Vocative	भिक्षो bhíkṣo	भिक्षू bhíkṣū	भिक्षवः bhíkṣavaḥ
Accusative	भिक्षुम् bhikṣúm	भिक्षू bhikṣū́	भिक्षून् bhikṣū́n
Instrumental	भिक्षुणा / भिक्ष्वा¹ bhikṣúṇā / bhikṣvā́¹	भिक्षुभ्याम् bhikṣúbhyām	भिक्षुभिः bhikṣúbhiḥ
Dative	भिक्षवे bhikṣáve	भिक्षुभ्याम् bhikṣúbhyām	भिक्षुभ्यः bhikṣúbhyaḥ
Ablative	भिक्षोः bhikṣóḥ	भिक्षुभ्याम् bhikṣúbhyām	भिक्षुभ्यः bhikṣúbhyaḥ
Genitive	भिक्षोः bhikṣóḥ	भिक्ष्वोः bhikṣvóḥ	भिक्षूणाम् bhikṣūṇā́m
Locative	भिक्षौ bhikṣaú	भिक्ष्वोः bhikṣvóḥ	भिक्षुषु bhikṣúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Angkorian Old Khmer: [script needed] (bhikṣu)
• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (bhikkhu)
• → English: bhikshu
• → Indonesian: biksu
• → Japanese: 苾蒭 (bisshu)
• → Javanese: ꦧꦶꦏ꧀ꦱꦸ (biksu)
• → Manchu: ᠪᡳᡴᠴᡠ (bikcu)
• Pali: bhikkhu
  • → Burmese: ဘိက္ခု (bhikhku.)
  • → English: bhikkhu
  • → Chinese: 比丘 (bǐqiū)
    • → Japanese: 比丘 (biku)
    • → Korean: 비구 (bigu)
  • → Gujarati: ભિક્ખુ (bhikkhu)
  • → Hindi: भिक्खु (bhikkhu)
  • → Marathi: भिक्खू (bhikkhū)
  • → Old Javanese: wiku, biku
    • > Javanese: ꦮꦶꦏꦸ (wiku) (inherited)
      • → Indonesian: wiku
    • → Balinese: ᬯᬶᬓᬸ (wiku)
  • → Old Khmer: [script needed] (bhikkhu)
    • Khmer: ភិក្ខុ (phɨkkhoʼ)
  • → Portuguese: bico
  • → Shan: ၽိၵ်ႈၶူႇ (phīk khùu)
  • → Thai: ภิกขุ (pík-kù)
• → Sinhalese: භික්‍ෂූහූ (bhikṣūhū)
• → Tamil: பிட்சு (piṭcu)
• → Thai: ภิกษุ (pík-sù)