bhikkhu

• bhikku, bikkhu, bhikshu, bhiksu
• bhikkhuni (feminine - a Buddhist nun)
• bhikshuni (feminine - a Buddhist nun)

Transliteration of Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “mendicant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪkuː/

bhikkhu (plural bhikkhus)

1. A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha.

• bonze (dated)

• samana, sramana (ascetic hermits); bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun)

Inherited from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu). Related to bhikkhati, bhikkhā. Cognate with Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (bhikkhu).

bhikkhu m (feminine bhikkhunī)

1. a beggar (one who begs)
2. a Buddhist monk

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bhikkhu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 504
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhikṣú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 541