ภิกขุ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• bhikkhu (Latin script)
• 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• भिक्खु (Devanagari script)
• ভিক্খু (Bengali script)
• භික‍්ඛු (Sinhalese script)
• ဘိက္ခု or ꧤိၵ္ၶု or ꧤိၵ်ၶု (Burmese script)
• ภิกฺขุ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩥᨠ᩠ᨡᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠິກ຺ຂຸ or ຠິກຂຸ (Lao script)
• ភិក្ខុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄨𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄪 (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