Bhikkhu

//ˈbɪkuː//

Synonyms for "bhikkhu" (2 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Related words (1)

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Synonyms

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coordinate

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Translations

49 translations across 31 languages.

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Bengali

1 entries
  • ভিক্ষু noun (Buddhist monk)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဘိက္ခု noun (Buddhist monk)
  • ဘုန်းကြီး noun (Buddhist monk)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 僧侶 /僧侣 noun (Buddhist monk)
  • 和尚 noun (Buddhist monk)
  • 比丘 noun (Buddhist monk)

Finnish

2 entries
  • buddhalainen munkki noun (Buddhist monk)
  • buddhalaismunkki noun (Buddhist monk)

French

1 entries
  • bhikshu noun (Buddhist monk)

German

1 entries
  • Bhikkhu noun (Buddhist monk)

Hindi

1 entries
  • भिक्षु noun (Buddhist monk)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bhikkhu noun (Buddhist monk)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • biksu noun (Buddhist monk)
  • biku noun (Buddhist monk)

Italian

1 entries
  • monaco buddista noun (Buddhist monk)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 比丘 noun (Buddhist monk)
  • 苾芻 noun (Buddhist monk)
  • 苾蒭 noun (Buddhist monk)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ភិក្ខុ noun (Buddhist monk)
  • ឧបសម្បន្ន noun (Buddhist monk)

Korean

4 entries
  • 비구 noun (Buddhist monk)
  • 비쿠 noun (Buddhist monk)
  • 비크슈 noun (Buddhist monk)
  • 필추 noun (Buddhist monk)

Lao

2 entries
  • ພະສົງ noun (Buddhist monk)
  • ພິກຂຸ noun (Buddhist monk)

Malay

3 entries
  • biksu noun (Buddhist monk)
  • biku noun (Buddhist monk)
  • sami noun (Buddhist monk)

Marathi

1 entries
  • भिक्खू noun (Buddhist monk)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • гэлэн noun (Buddhist monk)
  • ᠭᠡᠯᠦᠩ noun (Buddhist monk)

Nepali

1 entries
  • भिक्षु noun (Buddhist monk)

Pali

1 entries
  • bhikkhu noun (Buddhist monk)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • bico noun (Buddhist monk)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਭਿਖਸ਼ੂ noun (Buddhist monk)

Russian

1 entries
  • бхи́кшу noun (Buddhist monk)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • भिक्षु noun (Buddhist monk)

Shan

1 entries
  • ၽိၵ်ႈၶူႇ noun (Buddhist monk)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • དགེ་སློང noun (Buddhist monk)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • භික්ෂූහූ noun (Buddhist monk)

Spanish

1 entries
  • bhikkhu noun (Buddhist monk)

Tamil

1 entries
  • துறவி noun (Buddhist monk)

Thai

3 entries
  • พระภิกษุ noun (Buddhist monk)
  • ภิกขุ noun (Buddhist monk)
  • ภิกษุ noun (Buddhist monk)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • དགེ་སློང noun (Buddhist monk)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • Tỉ-khâu noun (Buddhist monk)
  • Tỉ-khưu noun (Buddhist monk)

Sample sentences

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Just as a bird, wherever it goes, flies with its wings as its only burden, so too, the bhikkhu becomes content with robes to protect his body and with almsfood to maintain his stomach, and wherever he goes he sets out taking only these with him.

Source: tatoeba (7008021)

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