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bhiksuni

bhiksuni is the alternative form of bhikkhuni.

Meaning of bhikkhuni

Noun

bhikkhuni (plural bhikkhunis)

  1. A Buddhist nun.

Forms of bhiksuni

pluralbhiksunis

Questions about bhiksuni

What is bhiksuni the alternative form of?
Bhiksuni is the alternative form of bhikkhuni.

Words near bhiksuni in the dictionary

  1. bhikshu
  2. bhikshuni
  3. bhikshunis
  4. bhikshus
  5. bhiksu
  6. bhiksuni
  7. bhiksunis
  8. bhiksus
  9. Bhil
  10. Bhilai
  11. bhilawan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bhiksuni (page history and authors); bhikkhuni (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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