भिक्षु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱɪk.ʂuː/, [bʱɪk.ʃuː]

Noun

भिक्षु • (bhikṣu) m

beggar; a holy man living by begging alms

Declension

Declension of *भिक्षु* (masc u-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	भिक्षु bhikṣu	भिक्षु bhikṣu
oblique	भिक्षु bhikṣu	भिक्षुओं bhikṣuõ
vocative	भिक्षु bhikṣu	भिक्षुओ bhikṣuo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “भिक्षु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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

From the root भिक्ष् (bhikṣ) +‎ -उ (-u).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱik.ʂu/

Noun

भिक्षु • (bhikṣu) stem, m (feminine भिक्षुणी)

mendicant, beggar
a Buddhist monk

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of भिक्षु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भिक्षुः (bhikṣuḥ)	भिक्षू (bhikṣū)	भिक्षवः (bhikṣavaḥ)
accusative	भिक्षुम् (bhikṣum)	भिक्षू (bhikṣū)	भिक्षून् (bhikṣūn)
instrumental	भिक्षुणा (bhikṣuṇā)	भिक्षुभ्याम् (bhikṣubhyām)	भिक्षुभिः (bhikṣubhiḥ)
dative	भिक्षवे (bhikṣave)	भिक्षुभ्याम् (bhikṣubhyām)	भिक्षुभ्यः (bhikṣubhyaḥ)
ablative	भिक्षोः (bhikṣoḥ)	भिक्षुभ्याम् (bhikṣubhyām)	भिक्षुभ्यः (bhikṣubhyaḥ)
genitive	भिक्षोः (bhikṣoḥ)	भिक्ष्वोः (bhikṣvoḥ)	भिक्षूणाम् (bhikṣūṇām)
locative	भिक्षौ (bhikṣau)	भिक्ष्वोः (bhikṣvoḥ)	भिक्षुषु (bhikṣuṣu)
vocative	भिक्षो (bhikṣo)	भिक्षू (bhikṣū)	भिक्षवः (bhikṣavaḥ)

Descendants

→ Old Uyghur: 𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽿𐽶 (pʾqšy /⁠baḥšï, baḥši⁠/)
- ⇒ Western Yugur: baxʂi (“master, religious teacher”), baʤəna (“ascetic; master”)^[1]
- → Turkish: bakşı (learned)
→ 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)

References

^ 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

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “भिक्षु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 756, column 3.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhikṣú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 541