bhikkhunī
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- भिक्खुनी (Devanagari script)
- ভিক্খুনী (Bengali script)
- භික්ඛුනී (Sinhalese script)
- ဘိက္ခုနီ (Burmese script)
- ภิกฺขุนี or ภิกขุนี (Thai script)
- ᨽᩥᨠ᩠ᨡᩩᨶᩦ (Tai Tham script)
- ຠິກ຺ຂຸນີ or ຠິກຂຸນີ (Lao script)
- ភិក្ខុនី (Khmer script)
Etymology
From Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī).
Noun
bhikkhunī f
- Buddhist nun
Descendants
- → Burmese: ဘိက္ခုနီ (bhikhku.ni)
- → Chinese: 比丘尼
- → English: bhikkhuni