nun
/nʌn/noun
उच्चारण नन
भिक्षुणी, नन
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a member of a religious community of women who promise to serve God all their lives and often live together in a convent
भिक्षुणी, नन
- Mother Teresa was a nun.
- The nun taught at a girls' school for many years.
- A nun in a white habit welcomed us at the convent gate.
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- She joined the convent at eighteen and became a nun.
Synonyms sister bhikshuni abbess religious woman
Opposite monk
?Which word?
Homophone, asked often: nun (a religious woman) and none (not any) are both /nʌn/.
Homophone अक्सर पूछा जाता है: nun (धार्मिक स्त्री) और none (कोई नहीं) दोनों /nʌn/ हैं।
Keep the religious-community words: nun (woman) and monk (man); convent (where nuns live) and monastery (where monks live); abbess (the head of nuns) and abbot (the head of monks); in Buddhism, bhikkhu (monk) and bhikkhuni (nun).
धार्मिक समुदाय के शब्द याद रखिए: nun (स्त्री) और monk (पुरुष); convent (जहाँ nuns रहती हैं) और monastery (जहाँ monks रहते हैं, मठ); abbess (nuns की प्रमुख) और abbot (monks का प्रमुख); बौद्ध धर्म में भिक्खु (भिक्षु) और भिक्खुनी (भिक्षुणी)।
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General knowledge
Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun, founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (1950) and received the Nobel Peace Prize (1979) and the Bharat Ratna (1980).
कैथोलिक नन मदर टेरेसा ने कोलकाता में Missionaries of Charity की स्थापना की (1950) और नोबेल शांति पुरस्कार (1979) और भारत रत्न (1980) प्राप्त किया।