Etymology

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Today it means: In Japanese Buddhism, a senior monk who teaches students. Full definition →

Japanese 阿闍梨
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from阿闍梨
  2. English todayajari

From Japanese 阿闍梨. Doublet of acharya.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.