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bhikkhunoti

bhikkhu

masc

1. bhikkhu (masc): monk; monastic; mendicant; fully ordained monk; lit. beggar
2. bhikkhuno (masc): for a monk; to the monastic
3. bhikkhuno (masc): of a monk; monastic's
4. bhikkhuno (masc): when a monk

Analysis. bhikkhuno + iti

Etymology. √bhikkh + u; from √bhikkh 'beg'; Sanskrit bhikṣu [bhikṣ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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