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 भिक्षति (bhikṣati, “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 (feminine भिक्षुणी)

1. mendicant, beggar
2. a Buddhist monk

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of भिक्षु

	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”)
• → 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
    • > Javanese: ꦮꦶꦏꦸ (wiku) (inherited)
      • → Indonesian: wiku
    • → Balinese: ᬯᬶᬓᬸ (wiku)
  • → 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)