พระภิกษุ(prá pík-sù)
Meanings
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Buddhist monk (formal, male)
a Buddhist monk; a man ordained in the Buddhist monastic order (formal/official term; common synonyms: พระพระprá1Buddhist monk2honorific prefix/title3divine; holy (as modifier)4Buddha image; amulet, พระสงฆ์พระสงฆ์prá sŏng1the monastic order; Buddhist clergy2a monk (formal/literary))
Examples
เช้านี้cháo néeเช้านี้cháo née1this morning2this morning; earlier today (morning)ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ใส่บาตรsài bàatใส่บาตรsài bàat[to] give alms to monks (put offerings in an alms bowl)พระภิกษุprá pík-sùพระภิกษุprá pík-sùBuddhist monk (formal, male)หน้าบ้านnâa bâanหน้าบ้านnâa bâan1front of the house; frontage2public-facing front; facade (figurative)
This morning the villagers offered alms to the Buddhist monk in front of their houses.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
พระภิกษุสงฆ์prá pík-sù sŏngพระภิกษุสงฆ์prá pík-sù sŏngBuddhist monks; the Sangha (formal, collective)
Buddhist monks; the Sangha (formal, collective)
พระสงฆ์prá sŏngพระสงฆ์prá sŏng1the monastic order; Buddhist clergy2a monk (formal/literary)
- the monastic order; Buddhist clergy
- a monk (formal/literary)
ภิกษุpík-sùภิกษุpík-sùBuddhist monk (male)
Buddhist monk (male)
พระpráพระprá1Buddhist monk2honorific prefix/title3divine; holy (as modifier)4Buddha image; amulet
- Buddhist monk
- honorific prefix/title
- divine; holy (as modifier)
- Buddha image; amulet
บรรพชิตban-pá-chítบรรพชิตban-pá-chít1ordained renunciant; monk or novice2monastic; of ordained renunciants
- ordained renunciant; monk or novice
- monastic; of ordained renunciants
Word Breakdown
พระpráพระprá1Buddhist monk2honorific prefix/title3divine; holy (as modifier)4Buddha image; amuletPart 1
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พระภิกษุprá pík-sùพระภิกษุprá pík-sùBuddhist monk (formal, male)