भिक्षु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভিক্ষু (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬶᬓ᭄ᬱᬸ (Balinese script)
- ভিক্ষু (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဘိက္ၑု (Burmese script)
- ભિક્ષુ (Gujarati script)
- ਭਿਕ੍ਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦶꦏ꧀ꦰꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಭಿಕ್ಷು (Kannada script)
- ភិក្ឞុ (Khmer script)
- ຠິກ຺ຩຸ (Lao script)
- ഭിക്ഷു (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᡳᡬᢢᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠢᢉᢔᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑧒𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଭିକ୍ଷୁ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢶꢒ꣄ꢰꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲 (Siddham script)
- භික්ෂු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚰 (Takri script)
- பி⁴க்ஷு (Tamil script)
- భిక్షు (Telugu script)
- ภิกฺษุ (Thai script)
- བྷི་ཀྵུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Nominalised from भिक्षते (bhikṣate, “to beg, obtain”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰikṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰikšati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰih₂g-s-eti, i-grade desiderative of *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, desiderative”), with semantic shift.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱik.ʂú/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bʱik.ʂu/
Noun
भिक्षु • (bhikṣú) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भिक्षुः (bhikṣúḥ) | भिक्षू (bhikṣū́) | भिक्षवः (bhikṣávaḥ) |
| accusative | भिक्षुम् (bhikṣúm) | भिक्षू (bhikṣū́) | भिक्षून् (bhikṣū́n) |
| instrumental | भिक्षुणा (bhikṣúṇā) भिक्ष्वा¹ (bhikṣvā́¹) |
भिक्षुभ्याम् (bhikṣúbhyām) | भिक्षुभिः (bhikṣúbhiḥ) |
| dative | भिक्षवे (bhikṣáve) | भिक्षुभ्याम् (bhikṣúbhyām) | भिक्षुभ्यः (bhikṣúbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | भिक्षोः (bhikṣóḥ) | भिक्षुभ्याम् (bhikṣúbhyām) | भिक्षुभ्यः (bhikṣúbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | भिक्षोः (bhikṣóḥ) | भिक्ष्वोः (bhikṣvóḥ) | भिक्षूणाम् (bhikṣūṇā́m) |
| locative | भिक्षौ (bhikṣáu) | भिक्ष्वोः (bhikṣvóḥ) | भिक्षुषु (bhikṣúṣu) |
| vocative | भिक्षो (bhíkṣo) | भिक्षू (bhíkṣū) | भिक्षवः (bhíkṣavaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Old Uyghur: 𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽿𐽶 (pʾqšy /baḥšï, baḥši/)
- → Chagatai: باحشی (bʾḫšy /baḥšï/, “scribe; scribes from the Turkestan region who do not know Persian; secretary, polymath”)
- → Middle Mongol: ᠪᠠᠬᠱᠢ (baqši)
- ⇒ Western Yugur: baxʂi (“master, religious teacher”), baʤəna (“ascetic; master”)[1]
- → Angkorian Old Khmer: [script needed] (bhikṣu)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (bhikkhu)
- → English: bhikshu
- → Indonesian: biksu
- → Japanese: 苾蒭 (bisshu)
- → Javanese: ꦧꦶꦏ꧀ꦱꦸ (biksu)
- → Manchu: ᠪᡳᡴᠴᡠ (bikcu)
- Pali: bhikkhu
- → Burmese: ဘိက္ခု (bhikhku.)
- → English: bhikkhu
- → Chinese: 比丘 (bǐqiū)
- → Japanese: 比丘 (biku)
- → Korean: 비구 (bigu)
- → Gujarati: ભિક્ખુ (bhikkhu)
- → Hindi: भिक्खु (bhikkhu)
- → Marathi: भिक्खू (bhikkhū)
- → Old Javanese: wiku, biku
- → Old Khmer: [script needed] (bhikkhu)
- Khmer: ភិក្ខុ (phɨkkhoʼ)
- → Portuguese: bico
- → Shan: ၽိၵ်ႈၶူႇ (phīk khùu)
- → Thai: ภิกขุ (pík-kù)
- → Sinhalese: භික්ෂූහූ (bhikṣūhū)
- → Tamil: பிட்சு (piṭcu)
- → Thai: ภิกษุ (pík-sù)
- ^ Léi, Xuǎnchūn (雷选春) (1992), “僧人, 师父, 士获签”, in 西部裕固汉词典 [Xībù Yùgù-Hàn cídiǎn], Chengdu: Sichuan Minority Publishing House, pages 50, 51