feminine
senior nun
Therī and Therikā (feminine) [see Thera] 1. an old woman (cf. sthavirikā Mvu III 283) Pv II 11 6 (= thāvarijiṇṇā Pv-a 149). 2. a female Thera (see compounds), as therikā at Thig 1; Dīp XVIII 11. -gāthā hymns of the therīs, following on the Theragāthā (q.v.).
a female elder in the saṅgha; a venerable bhikkhunī (of whatever seniority)
【陰】 上座尼，長老尼，老女人。
(fem, fem, from thera) senior nun; nun of ten years standing senior nun, and old woman [lit.] lasting Construction: √ṭhā > thā + ira + ī thera + ī