เณร

Thai edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of สามเณร (sǎam-má-neen), from Pali sāmaṇera.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic		เณร e ɳ r
Phonemic		เนน e n n
Romanization	Paiboon	neen
	Royal Institute	nen
(standard) IPA^(key)		/neːn˧/^(R)

Noun edit

เณร • (neen) (classifier รูป or องค์)

(Buddhism and colloquial) a Buddhist novice, that is, an ordained male who merely adheres to ศีล ๑๐ (sǐil 10), or the ten precepts, as opposed to ภิกษุ (pík-sù), or a monk, who adheres to ศีล ๒๒๗ (sǐil 227), or the 227 precepts.

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