One of a school of ancient Indian ascetic philosophers, reported in antiquity, who wore little clothing; a mystic.
A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.
The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).