ภิกษุสงฆ์(pík-sù sŏng)

Meanings

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community of monks; Bhikkhu Sangha

The community of Buddhist monks (bhikkhus), considered collectively; the male monastic order (Bhikkhu Sangha).

Examples

พุทธศาสนิกชนpút-tá-săa-sà-ní-gà-chonพุทธศาสนิกชนpút-tá-săa-sà-ní-gà-chonBuddhist (adherent)นำnamนำnam1[to] lead; guide2[to] bring; take; lead3[to] adopt; apply; useอาหารaa-hăanอาหารaa-hăan1food; nourishment2dish; meal3diet; what one eatsมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerถวายtà-wăaiถวายtà-wăai1to offer (to royalty/monastics)2[to] dedicate/offer merit (to royalty/monastics)3to serve (royalty/monastics)แด่dàeแด่dàeto; for [sb] (formal)ภิกษุสงฆ์pík-sù sŏngภิกษุสงฆ์pík-sù sŏngcommunity of monks; Bhikkhu Sanghaที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotวัดwátวัดwát1to gauge; assess2Buddhist temple3to measureในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)วันพระwan práวันพระwan práBuddhist holy/observance day (uposatha)
Buddhists bring food to offer to the community of monks at the temple on Buddhist holy days.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

พระสงฆ์prá sŏngพระสงฆ์prá sŏng1the monastic order; Buddhist clergy2a monk (formal/literary)
  • the monastic order; Buddhist clergy
  • a monk (formal/literary)
พระภิกษุprá pík-sùพระภิกษุprá pík-sùBuddhist monk (formal, male)

Buddhist monk (formal, male)

พระภิกษุสงฆ์prá pík-sù sŏngพระภิกษุสงฆ์prá pík-sù sŏngBuddhist monks; the Sangha (formal, collective)

Buddhist monks; the Sangha (formal, collective)

คณะสงฆ์ká-ná sŏngคณะสงฆ์ká-ná sŏng1the Sangha; Buddhist monastic community2the Sangha (official ecclesiastical body, esp. in Thailand)
  • the Sangha; Buddhist monastic community
  • the Sangha (official ecclesiastical body, esp. in Thailand)
สงฆ์sŏngสงฆ์sŏng1the Sangha; Buddhist monastic community2the monastic order (collective)
  • the Sangha; Buddhist monastic community
  • the monastic order (collective)

Word Breakdown

ภิกษุpík-sùภิกษุpík-sùBuddhist monk (male)Part 1
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สงฆ์sŏngสงฆ์sŏng1the Sangha; Buddhist monastic community2the monastic order (collective)Part 2
ภิกษุสงฆ์pík-sù sŏngภิกษุสงฆ์pík-sù sŏngcommunity of monks; Bhikkhu Sangha