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गुरु
गुरु
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Latin gravis.
Adjective
गुरु • (gurú)
- heavy, weighty
- heavy in the stomach (food), difficult to digest
- great, large, extended, long
- (in prosody) long by nature or position (a vowel)
- high in degree, vehement, violent, excessive, difficult, hard
- grievous
- important, serious, momentous
- valuable, highly prized
- haughty, proud (speech)
- venerable, respectable
Noun
गुरु • (gurú) m
- guru
- any venerable or respectable person (father, mother, or any relative older than one's self)
- teacher
- sage
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of गुरु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | गुरुः (guruḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | गुरोः (guroḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | गुरुः (guruḥ) | गुरू (gurū) | गुरवः (guravaḥ) |
| Vocative | गुरो (guro) | गुरू (gurū) | गुरवः (guravaḥ) |
| Accusative | गुरुम् (gurum) | गुरू (gurū) | गुरून् (gurūn) |
| Instrumental | गुरुणा (guruṇā) | गुरुभ्याम् (gurubhyām) | गुरुभिः (gurubhiḥ) |
| Dative | गुरवे (gurave) | गुरुभ्याम् (gurubhyām) | गुरुभ्यः (gurubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | गुरोः (guroḥ) | गुरुभ्याम् (gurubhyām) | गुरुभ्यः (gurubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | गुरोः (guroḥ) | गुर्वोः (gurvoḥ) | गुरूणाम् (gurūṇām) |
| Locative | गुरौ (gurau) | गुर्वोः (gurvoḥ) | गुरुषु (guruṣu) |
Derived terms
- गुरुकुल (gurukula)
- गुरुत्व (gurutva)
- गुरुदक्षिणा (gurudakṣiṇā)
- गुरुपत्नी (gurupatnī)
- गुरुपूजा (gurupūjā)
- गुरुवार (guruvāra)
- गुरुसेवा (gurusevā)
Descendants
- English: guru
- French: gourou
- German: Guru
- Greek: γκουρού (nkouroú)
- Hindi: गुरू (gurū)
- Kannada: ಗುರು (guru)
- Khmer: គ្រូ (kru)
- Lao: ຄູ (khū)
- Malayalam: ഗുരു (guru)
- Polish: guru
- Portuguese: guru
- Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ (gurū)
- Russian: гуру (guru)
- Spanish: gurú
- Telugu: గురువు (guruvu)
- Thai: ครู (kruu)
- Urdu: گرو