bhikkhunin.

Brit.

/bᵻˈkuːni/,

/ˈbɪkʊniː/, U.S.

/bəˈkuni/,

/biˈkuni/,

/ˈbɪkuˌni/

Inflections: Plural bhikkhunis, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– bhikkhuni, 1800s– bhikkuni, 1900s– bikkhuni, 1900s– bikkuni. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Pali. Etymon: Pali bhikkhunī.

Etymology: < Pali bhikkhunī < bhikkhu bhikkhu n. + -unī , suffix forming feminine nouns (compare Sanskrit -inī and -ī , with the same function). Compare earlier bhikshuni n. and bhikkhu n.

Esp. in Theravada Buddhism: a female member of a Buddhist monastic community; a Buddhist nun; = bhikshuni n. Cf. bhikkhu n.In Mahayana Buddhism the related term bhikshuni n. is typically used.

ΚΠ

1879 H. Oldenberg tr. Dîpavaṃsa 205 These Bhikkhunîs [Pali bhikkhuniyo]..were firmly grounded in the true Faith and in the Vinaya.

1908 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. Apr. 494 Certain Buddhist texts which the king commends to the Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunîs, the monks and nuns, for constant study by them.

2012 R. H. Seager Buddhism in Amer. (rev. ed.) xi. 202 Karma Lekshe Tsomo has combined an academic career in Asian studies with a life as a fully ordained bhikkhuni.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	bhikkhuni
释义	bhikkhunin. Brit. /bᵻˈkuːni/, /ˈbɪkʊniː/, U.S. /bəˈkuni/, /biˈkuni/, /ˈbɪkuˌni/ Inflections: Plural bhikkhunis, unchanged. Forms: 1800s– bhikkhuni, 1800s– bhikkuni, 1900s– bikkhuni, 1900s– bikkuni. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Pali. Etymon: Pali bhikkhunī. Etymology: < Pali bhikkhunī < bhikkhu bhikkhu n. + -unī , suffix forming feminine nouns (compare Sanskrit -inī and -ī , with the same function). Compare earlier bhikshuni n. and bhikkhu n. Esp. in Theravada Buddhism: a female member of a Buddhist monastic community; a Buddhist nun; = bhikshuni n. Cf. bhikkhu n.In Mahayana Buddhism the related term bhikshuni n. is typically used. ΚΠ 1879 H. Oldenberg tr. Dîpavaṃsa 205 These Bhikkhunîs [Pali bhikkhuniyo]..were firmly grounded in the true Faith and in the Vinaya. 1908 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. Apr. 494 Certain Buddhist texts which the king commends to the Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunîs, the monks and nuns, for constant study by them. 2012 R. H. Seager Buddhism in Amer. (rev. ed.) xi. 202 Karma Lekshe Tsomo has combined an academic career in Asian studies with a life as a fully ordained bhikkhuni. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1879
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