ภิกขุ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• bhikakhu (Latin script)
• 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑀔𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• भिकखु (Devanagari script)
• ভিকখু (Bengali script)
• භිකඛු (Sinhalese script)
• ဘိကခု or ꧤိၵၶု (Burmese script)
• ภิกะขุ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩥᨠᨡᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠິກຂຸ or ຠິກະຂຸ (Lao script)
• ភិកខុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄨𑄇𑄈𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

ภิกขุ m

1. Thai script (without implicit vowels) form of bhikkhu (“beggar”)

Declension

Declension table of "ภิกขุ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ภิกขุ (bhikkhu)	ภิกขะโว (bhikkhavo) or ภิกขู (bhikkhū)
Accusative (second)	ภิกขุง (bhikkhuṃ)	ภิกขะโว (bhikkhavo) or ภิกขู (bhikkhū)
Instrumental (third)	ภิกขุนา (bhikkhunā)	ภิกขูหิ (bhikkhūhi) or ภิกขูภิ (bhikkhūbhi)
Dative (fourth)	ภิกขุสสะ (bhikkhussa) or ภิกขุโน (bhikkhuno)	ภิกขูนัง (bhikkhūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ภิกขุสมา (bhikkhusmā) or ภิกขุมหา (bhikkhumhā)	ภิกขูหิ (bhikkhūhi) or ภิกขูภิ (bhikkhūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ภิกขุสสะ (bhikkhussa) or ภิกขุโน (bhikkhuno)	ภิกขูนัง (bhikkhūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ภิกขุสมิง (bhikkhusmiṃ) or ภิกขุมหิ (bhikkhumhi)	ภิกขูสุ (bhikkhūsu)
Vocative (calling)	ภิกขุ (bhikkhu)	ภิกขะเว (bhikkhave) or ภิกขะโว (bhikkhavo)

Thai

Etymology

From Pali bhikkhu (“beggar”), referring to a priest that begs for alms; perhaps via Old Khmer bhikkhu (“Buddhist monk”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ភិក្ខុ (phɨkkhoʼ), Burmese ဘိက္ခု (bhikhku.).

Compare Old Khmer bhikkha, bhika, bhï̄kkha, bhbika, bisa, bhikkhasu.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ภิกขุ bʰ i k kʰ u
Phonemic		พิก-ขุ b i k – kʰ u
Romanization	Paiboon	pík-kù
	Royal Institute	phik-khu
(standard) IPA(key)		/pʰik̚˦˥.kʰuʔ˨˩/(R)

Noun

ภิกขุ • (pík-kù)

1. (Buddhism) (พระ~) Alternative form of ภิกษุ (pík-sù)

Derived terms

• ภิกขุณี