bhikkhunī
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- भिक्खुनी (Devanagari script)
- ভিক্খুনী (Bengali script)
- භික්ඛුනී (Sinhalese script)
- ဘိက္ခုနီ or ဘိက္ခုနဳ or ꧤိၵ္ၶုၼီ or ꧤိၵ်ၶုၼီ (Burmese script)
- ภิกฺขุนี or ภิกขุนี (Thai script)
- ᨽᩥᨠ᩠ᨡᩩᨶᩦ (Tai Tham script)
- ຠິກ຺ຂຸນີ or ຠິກຂຸນີ (Lao script)
- ភិក្ខុនី (Khmer script)
- 𑄞𑄨𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄪𑄚𑄩 (Chakma script)
Etymology
From Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī).
Noun
bhikkhunī f
Declension
Declension table of "bhikkhunī" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | bhikkhunī | bhikkhuniyo or bhikkhunī |
| Accusative (second) | bhikkhuniṃ or bhikkhuniyaṃ | bhikkhuniyo or bhikkhunī |
| Instrumental (third) | bhikkhuniyā | bhikkhunīhi or bhikkhunībhi |
| Dative (fourth) | bhikkhuniyā | bhikkhunīnaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | bhikkhuniyā | bhikkhunīhi or bhikkhunībhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | bhikkhuniyā | bhikkhunīnaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | bhikkhuniyā or bhikkhuniyaṃ | bhikkhunīsu |
| Vocative (calling) | bhikkhuni | bhikkhuniyo or bhikkhunī |