bhikkhunī

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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

Declension

Declension table of "bhikkhunī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bhikkhunī	bhikkhuniyo or bhikkhunī
Accusative (second)	bhikkhuniṃ or bhikkhuniyaṃ	bhikkhuniyo or bhikkhunī
Instrumental (third)	bhikkhuniyā	bhikkhunīhi or bhikkhunībhi
Dative (fourth)	bhikkhuniyā	bhikkhunīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bhikkhuniyā	bhikkhunīhi or bhikkhunībhi
Genitive (sixth)	bhikkhuniyā	bhikkhunīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bhikkhuniyā or bhikkhuniyaṃ	bhikkhunīsu
Vocative (calling)	bhikkhuni	bhikkhuniyo or bhikkhunī

Descendants

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