Monk
//mʌŋk//
Translations of "monk" (111 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | monnik(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Albanian | murg(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | μοναχός(male member of monastic order) | monakhós | |
| Arabic | راهب(male member of monastic order), راهب(male member of monastic order), رَاهِب(male member of monastic order), نَاسِك(male member of monastic order) | rāhib, rāheb, rāhib, nāsik | |
| Armenian | աբեղա(male member of monastic order), վանական(male member of monastic order) | abeġa, vanakan | |
| Aromanian | cãlugãr(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Asturian | monxu(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | rahib(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Belarusian | мана́х(male member of monastic order) | manáx | |
| Bengali | ভিক্ষু(male member of monastic order), সন্ন্যাসী(male member of monastic order) | bhikkhu, śonnnaśi | |
| Breton | manac’h(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Bulgarian | калу́гер(male member of monastic order), мона́х(male member of monastic order) | kalúger, monáh | |
| Burmese | ပဉ္စင်း(male member of monastic order), ဘိက္ခု(male member of monastic order), ဘုန်းကြီး(male member of monastic order), ရဟန်း(male member of monastic order) | panycang:, bhikhku., bhun:kri:, ra.han: | |
| Catalan | monjo(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Chinese | хуәшон(male member of monastic order), хәшон(male member of monastic order), 出家人(male member of monastic order), 和尚(male member of monastic order) | huəšon, həšon, zh-min-nan, zh-min-nan | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 和尚(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 修士(male member of monastic order), 僧(male member of monastic order), 僧侶 /僧侣(male member of monastic order), 和尚(male member of monastic order) | xiūshì, sēng, sēnglǚ | |
| Church Slavic | мънихъ(male member of monastic order), ⰿⱏⱀⰻⱈⱏ(male member of monastic order) | mŭnixŭ, mŭnixŭ | |
| Coptic | ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ(male member of monastic order) | monakhos | |
| Czech | mnich(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Danish | munk(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Dari | رَاهِب(male member of monastic order) | rāhib | |
| Dutch | monnik(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Erzya | ськамонатя(male member of monastic order) | śkamonaťa | |
| Esperanto | monaĥo(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Estonian | munk(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Faroese | munkur(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Finnish | munkki(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| French | moine(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Galician | frade(male member of monastic order), freire(male member of monastic order), mogo(male member of monastic order), monxe(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Georgian | ბერი(male member of monastic order) | beri | |
| German | Mönch(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Greek | μοναχός(male member of monastic order) | monachós | |
| Hebrew | נָזִיר(male member of monastic order) | nazír | |
| Hindi | भिक्षु(male member of monastic order), महन्त(male member of monastic order), संन्यासी(male member of monastic order) | bhikṣu, mahant, sannyāsī | |
| Hungarian | barát(male member of monastic order), szerzetes(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Icelandic | munkur(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Ido | monako(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Indonesian | biksu(male member of monastic order), rahib(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | راهِب(male member of monastic order) | râheb | |
| Italian | celibe(slang: man living without sexual relationships), frate(male member of monastic order), monaco(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Japanese | 修道士(male member of monastic order), 僧(male member of monastic order), 僧侶(male member of monastic order), 坊さん(male member of monastic order), 法師(male member of monastic order) | shūdōshi, sō, sōryo, bōsan, hōshi | |
| Kashubian | mich(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Kazakh | монах(male member of monastic order), сопы(male member of monastic order), тақуа(male member of monastic order) | monax, sopy, taqua | |
| Khmer | ព្រះសង្ឃ(male member of monastic order), លោកសង្ឃ(male member of monastic order), អ្នកបួស(male member of monastic order) | prĕəh sɑng, look sɑng, nĕək buəh | |
| Korean | 수도사(male member of monastic order), 수사(male member of monastic order) | sudosa, susa | |
| Kyrgyz | монах(male member of monastic order) | monah | |
| Lao | ນັກສິດ(male member of monastic order), ສະມະນະ(male member of monastic order), ສົງ(male member of monastic order), ສົມ(male member of monastic order) | nak sit, sa ma na, song, som | |
| Latin | monachus(male member of monastic order), nonnus(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Latvian | mūks(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Lithuanian | minỹkas(male member of monastic order), vienuolis(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | mich(male member of monastic order), mnich(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Macedonian | калуѓер(male member of monastic order), монах(male member of monastic order) | kaluǵer, monah | |
| Malay | rahib(male member of monastic order), sami(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Maltese | patri(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Māori | monaki(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Mon | ခမဳ(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Mongolian | гэлэн(male member of monastic order), лам(male member of monastic order) | gelen, lam | |
| Norman | mouaine(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | rahîb(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | munk(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | munk(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Occitan | monge(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Old Czech | mnich(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Old East Slavic | мнихъ(male member of monastic order) | mnixŭ | |
| Old English | mynstermann(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Old French | moingne(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Old Irish | manach(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Old Lithuanian | minỹchas(male member of monastic order), minỹkas(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Old Polish | mnich(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Oromo | moloksee(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Ossetian | моладзан(male member of monastic order) | molaʒan | |
| Ottoman Turkish | راهب(male member of monastic order), كشیش(male member of monastic order) | rahib, keşiş | |
| Pali | bhikkhu(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Pashto | راهب(male member of monastic order) | rāheb | |
| Polish | mnich(male member of monastic order), mnich(slang: man living without sexual relationships), zakonnik(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Portuguese | monge(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Romanian | celibatar(slang: man living without sexual relationships), călugăr(male member of monastic order), monah(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Romansch | montg(male member of monastic order), muntg(male member of monastic order), muong(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Russian | мона́х(male member of monastic order) | monáx | |
| Sanskrit | अवष्टम्भ(male member of monastic order) | avaṣṭambha | |
| Sardinian | mongiu(male member of monastic order), monzu(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | manach(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | kàluđer(male member of monastic order), mònah(male member of monastic order), redòvnīk(male member of monastic order), кàлуђер(male member of monastic order), мо̀нах(male member of monastic order), редо̀внӣк(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Shan | မုၼ်ၸဝ်ႈ(male member of monastic order), ၸဝ်ႈမုၼ်(male member of monastic order) | mǔn tsāo, tsāo mǔn | |
| Skolt Sami | manah(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Slovak | mních(male member of monastic order), mních(slang: man living without sexual relationships), rehoľník(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Slovene | menih(male member of monastic order), redovnik(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Spanish | monje(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Swahili | mmonaki(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Swedish | munk(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Tagalog | monghe(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Tajik | роҳиб(male member of monastic order), шайх(male member of monastic order) | rohib, šayx | |
| Tamil | துறவி(male member of monastic order), துறவி(slang: man living without sexual relationships) | tuṟavi, tuṟavi | |
| Thai | นักพรต(male member of monastic order), พระ(male member of monastic order) | nák-prót, prá | |
| Tibetan | གྲྭ་པ(male member of monastic order), དགེ་སྦྱོང(male member of monastic order), བཙུན་པ(male member of monastic order) | grwa pa, dge sbyong, btsun pa | |
| Tocharian B | ṣamāne(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Turkish | keşiş(male member of monastic order), rahip(male member of monastic order), ruhban(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Turkmen | monah(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Ukrainian | мона́х(male member of monastic order), черне́ць(male member of monastic order) | monáx, černécʹ | |
| Upper Sorbian | mnich(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Urdu | راہِب(male member of monastic order) | rāhib | |
| Uyghur | راھىب(male member of monastic order) | rahib | |
| Uzbek | monax(male member of monastic order), rohib(male member of monastic order), ruhoniy(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Venetan | monego(male member of monastic order), munego(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Vietnamese | thầy tu(male member of monastic order), tu sĩ(male member of monastic order), đan sĩ(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Volapük | hikleudan(male member of monastic order), kleudan(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Walloon | moenne(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Welsh | mynach(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| West-Frisian | muonts(male member of monastic order) | — | |
| Zhuang | hozsiengh(male member of monastic order) | — |
monnik
murg
cãlugãr
monxu
rahib
manac’h
monjo
mnich
munk
monnik
monaĥo
munk
munkur
munkki
moine
frade, freire, mogo, monxe
Mönch
barát, szerzetes
munkur
monako
biksu, rahib
celibe, frate, monaco
mich
monachus, nonnus
mūks
minỹkas, vienuolis
mich, mnich
rahib, sami
patri
monaki
ခမဳ
mouaine
rahîb
munk
monge
mnich
mynstermann
moingne
manach
minỹchas, minỹkas
mnich
moloksee
bhikkhu
mnich, mnich, zakonnik
monge
celibatar, călugăr, monah
montg, muntg, muong
mongiu, monzu
manach
kàluđer, mònah, redòvnīk, кàлуђер, мо̀нах, редо̀внӣк
manah
mních, mních, rehoľník
menih, redovnik
monje
mmonaki
munk
monghe
ṣamāne
keşiş, rahip, ruhban
monah
mnich
monax, rohib, ruhoniy
monego, munego
thầy tu, tu sĩ, đan sĩ
hikleudan, kleudan
moenne
mynach
muonts
hozsiengh
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