a novice is a form of:

Novice



1.
(LITERARY) នវកជន
Example: She's a complete novice as a reporter.
noun
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(A candidate for admission to a religious order: one new to anything) នវជន, កម្មករនាវាថ្មី, អ្នកធ្វើការថ្មី
Example: Today's batsman is only a novice in big league cricket and still has a lot to learn.Buddhist novice លោកនេន, be a novice at អ្នកថ្មី, ជើងថ្មី
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith.
2.
One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro.
3.
One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist.
adjective
1.
Like a novice; becoming a novice.
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amateur, apprentice, beginner, learner, neophyte
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adept, authority, expert, master, professional