"monastery" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒnəstɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑnəstɛɹi/ [US], /ˈmɑnəstəɹi/ [US] Audio: Monastery en us.wav [US], En-us-monastery.ogg [US] Forms: monasteries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English monasterie, from Old French monastere, from Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”). Doublet of minster. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mey- (small)}}, {{inh|en|enm|monasterie}} Middle English monasterie, {{der|en|fro|monastere}} Old French monastere, {{der|en|la|monastērium}} Latin monastērium, {{der|en|grc|μοναστήριον||hermit's cell}} Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), {{m|grc|μόνος||alone}} μόνος (mónos, “alone”), {{doublet|en|minster}} Doublet of minster Head templates: {{en-noun}} monastery (plural monasteries)
  1. A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows. Wikipedia link: monastery Categories (topical): Buildings, Catholicism, Christianity, Monasticism, Places of worship Synonyms: monasterie [obsolete] Hyponyms: ribat (alt: Sufi) Derived forms: monastery cheese, scary devil monastery Related terms: monasterial, monastic, monasticism, abbey, cloister, convent, friary, minster Coordinate_terms (female monastery): nunnery, convent, ribat (english: Islamic) Translations (building for monks): manastir [masculine] (Albanian), دَيْر (dayr) [masculine] (Arabic), دير (dēr) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), دير (dēr) [South-Levantine-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), דירא (dayrā, dayro) [feminine] (Aramaic), ܕܝܪܐ (dayrā, dayro) [Syriac, feminine] (Aramaic), վանք (vankʿ) (Armenian), monasteriu [masculine] (Asturian), monastır (Azerbaijani), monasterio (Basque), Klosta (Bavarian), манасты́р (manastýr) [masculine] (Belarusian), মঠ (moṭh) (Bengali), আশ্রম (asrom) (Bengali), মন্দির (mondir) (Bengali), манасти́р (manastír) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း (bhun:kri:kyaung:) (Burmese), monestir [masculine] (Catalan), 修道院 (xiūdàoyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 僧院 (sēngyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 寺院 (sìyuàn) [Buddhist, Buddhism, religion, lifestyle] (Chinese Mandarin), klášter [masculine] (Czech), monastýr [masculine] (Czech), kloster [neuter] (Danish), klooster [neuter] (Dutch), ськамонкудо (śkamonkudo) (Erzya), monaĥejo (Esperanto), klooster (Estonian), monastériu (Extremaduran), kleystur [neuter] (Faroese), luostari (Finnish), monastère [masculine] (French), munistîr [masculine] (Friulian), mosteiro [masculine] (Galician), მონასტერი (monasṭeri) (Georgian), Kloster [neuter] (German), μονή (moní) [feminine] (Greek), מִנְזָר (minzár) [masculine] (Hebrew), मठ (maṭh) [masculine] (Hindi), मन्दिर (mandir) [masculine] (Hindi), kolostor (Hungarian), klaustur [neuter] (Icelandic), biara (Indonesian), wihara [Buddhism, religion, lifestyle] (Indonesian), mainistir [feminine] (Irish), monastero [masculine] (Italian), certosa [feminine] (Italian), 修道院 (shūdōin) (alt: しゅうどういん) (Japanese), 僧院 (sōin) (alt: そういん) (Japanese), монастырь (monastyr) (Kazakh), ғибадатхана (ğibadatxana) (Kazakh), វត្ត (vŏət) (Khmer), 수도원 (sudowon) (alt: 修道院) (Korean), 승원 (seung'won) (alt: 僧院) (Korean), монастырь (monastır) (Kyrgyz), ວັດ (wat) (Lao), monastērium [neuter] (Latin), klosteris [masculine] (Latvian), vienuolynas [masculine] (Lithuanian), kloštaŕ [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), Klouschter [neuter] (Luxembourgish), манастир (manastir) [masculine] (Macedonian), biara (Malay), ആശ്രമം (āśramaṁ) (Malayalam), whare monaki (Maori), mānestān (Middle Persian), хийд (xiid) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), хүрээ (xüree) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), monastéthe [masculine] (Norman), xilwet [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), peristgeh [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), pîrozgeh [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), dêr (Northern Kurdish), kloster [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kloster [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), monastièr [masculine] (Occitan), mynster (Old English), مناستر (manastır) (Ottoman Turkish), كشیشخانه (keşişhane) (Ottoman Turkish), خانقا (xānaqã) [feminine] (Pashto), خانقاه (xânqâh) (Persian), دیر (deyr, dayr) (Persian), klasztor [masculine] (Polish), monaster [masculine] (Polish), mosteiro [masculine] (Portuguese), monastério [masculine] (Portuguese), mânăstire [feminine] (Romanian), mănăstire [feminine] (Romanian), claustra [feminine] (Romansch), clostra (Romansch), монасты́рь (monastýrʹ) [masculine] (Russian), मठ (maṭha) [masculine] (Sanskrit), manachainn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), ма̏настӣр [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), са̏моста̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mȁnastīr [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sȁmostān [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kláštor [masculine] (Slovak), monastier [masculine] (Slovak), samostan [masculine] (Slovene), monasterio [masculine] (Spanish), monasteri (Swahili), kloster [neuter] (Swedish), bahay-pari (Tagalog), дайр (dayr) (Tajik), மடம் (maṭam) (Tamil), วัด (wát) (Thai), อาราม (aa-raam) (Thai), དགོམ་པ (dgom pa) (Tibetan), tsāro (Tocharian B), sānk (Tocharian B), manastır (Turkish), keşişhane (Turkish), monastyr (Turkmen), монасти́р (monastýr) [masculine] (Ukrainian), klóšter [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), خانقاہ (xānqāh) [feminine] (Urdu), مٹھ (maṭh) [masculine] (Urdu), مندر (mandir) [masculine] (Urdu), تکیہ (takiya) [masculine] (Urdu), monastir (Uzbek), tu viện (alt: 修院) (Vietnamese), tự viện (alt: 寺院) (Vietnamese), mynachlog [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-monastery-en-noun-IeNMg4yK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "building for monks",
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          "sense": "building for monks",
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          "code": "fur",
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          "word": "munistîr"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mosteiro"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "monasṭeri",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "word": "მონასტერი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "building for monks",
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          "word": "Kloster"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "moní",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "minzár",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "מִנְזָר"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "maṭh",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "मठ"
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        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mandir",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "मन्दिर"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "word": "kolostor"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "building for monks",
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          "topics": [
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          "sense": "building for monks",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "mainistir"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "monastero"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "certosa"
        },
        {
          "alt": "しゅうどういん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shūdōin",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "word": "修道院"
        },
        {
          "alt": "そういん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōin",
          "sense": "building for monks",
          "word": "僧院"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
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      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "Syriac",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܕܝܪܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vankʿ",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "վանք"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monasteriu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "monastır"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "monasterio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bar",
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "Klosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "manastýr",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "манасты́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "moṭh",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "মঠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "asrom",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "আশ্রম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mondir",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "মন্দির"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "manastír",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "манасти́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "bhun:kri:kyaung:",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monestir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiūdàoyuàn",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "修道院"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sēngyuàn",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "僧院"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sìyuàn",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "topics": [
        "Buddhist",
        "Buddhism",
        "religion",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "寺院"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klášter"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monastýr"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kloster"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "klooster"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "śkamonkudo",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "ськамонкудо"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "monaĥejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "klooster"
    },
    {
      "code": "ext",
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "monastériu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kleystur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "luostari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monastère"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "munistîr"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mosteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "monasṭeri",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "მონასტერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kloster"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "moní",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μονή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "minzár",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מִנְזָר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "maṭh",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मठ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mandir",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मन्दिर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "kolostor"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "klaustur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "biara"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "religion",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "wihara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mainistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monastero"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "certosa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゅうどういん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūdōin",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "修道院"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そういん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōin",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "僧院"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "monastyr",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "монастырь"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ğibadatxana",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "ғибадатхана"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "vŏət",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "វត្ត"
    },
    {
      "alt": "修道院",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sudowon",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "수도원"
    },
    {
      "alt": "僧院",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seung'won",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "승원"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xilwet"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peristgeh"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pîrozgeh"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "dêr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "monastır",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "монастырь"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "wat",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "ວັດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "monastērium"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klosteris"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vienuolynas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Klouschter"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "manastir",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "манастир"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "biara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "āśramaṁ",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "ആശ്രമം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "whare monaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xiid",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хийд"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xüree",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хүрээ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monastéthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kloster"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kloster"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monastièr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "mynster"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "manastır",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "مناستر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "keşişhane",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "كشیشخانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "xānaqã",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خانقا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xânqâh",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "خانقاه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "deyr, dayr",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "دیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "mānestān"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klasztor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monaster"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mosteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monastério"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mânăstire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mănăstire"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "claustra"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "clostra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "monastýrʹ",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "монасты́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "maṭha",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मठ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manachainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма̏настӣр"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "са̏моста̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mȁnastīr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sȁmostān"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kláštor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monastier"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samostan"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kloštaŕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klóšter"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "monasterio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "monasteri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kloster"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "bahay-pari"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "dayr",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "дайр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "maṭam",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "மடம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wát",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "วัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "aa-raam",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "อาราม"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dgom pa",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "དགོམ་པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "tsāro"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "sānk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "manastır"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "keşişhane"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "monastyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "monastýr",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "монасти́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xānqāh",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خانقاہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "maṭh",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مٹھ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mandir",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مندر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "takiya",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تکیہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "monastir"
    },
    {
      "alt": "修院",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "tu viện"
    },
    {
      "alt": "寺院",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "word": "tự viện"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "building for monks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mynachlog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monastery"
}

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