guru

Etymology
From /, from , originally "heavy" and in this sense cognate to English  and, more distantly,. . A traditional, though flawed etymology based on the Advayataraka Upanishad (line 16) describes the syllables gu as “darkness” and ru as “destroyer”, thus ascribing the meaning of “one who destroys/dispels darkness” to the word.

Noun

 * 1) In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a shishya.
 * 2)  Any general teacher.
 * 3)  An influential advisor or mentor.
 * 4)  A fraudster or conman relying on a projected air of confidence in an obscure field.
 * 1)  Any general teacher.
 * 2)  An influential advisor or mentor.
 * 3)  A fraudster or conman relying on a projected air of confidence in an obscure field.
 * 1)  An influential advisor or mentor.
 * 2)  A fraudster or conman relying on a projected air of confidence in an obscure field.
 * 1)  A fraudster or conman relying on a projected air of confidence in an obscure field.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: مُعَلِّم رُوحِيّ, جُورُو, غُورُو
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: গুৰু
 * Bengali: ,
 * Burmese: ဂုရု
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 古魯,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: guruo
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: გურუ
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: ગુરુ
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: グル,
 * Kannada:
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:, 구루
 * Lao: ຄຸຣຸ,
 * Latin: gurus
 * Macedonian: гу́ру
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali:
 * Odia:
 * Pali: guru
 * Persian: گورو
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Russian:, духо́вный учи́тель
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: guru
 * Spanish:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:, ,
 * Thai: ,
 * Urdu: گرو


 * Bengali:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: гу́ру
 * Malayalam:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog:

Verb

 * 1) To act as a guru; to give wise advice

Noun

 * 1) teacher

Etymology
From /  /, from.

Noun

 * 1)  spiritual teacher

Noun

 * 1)  spiritual teacher
 * 2)  leader or expert in a field

Declension
Also indeclinable.

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) A guru

Noun

 * 1) A large leather belt, usually containing charms.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) guru a Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher
 * 2) guru leader or expert in a field

Etymology
From, ultimately , from , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1) teacher

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a  (religious or spiritual leader; influential person)

Noun

 * 1) teacher

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) teacher; instructor

Etymology
From via Old Javanese, from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) educator, teacher, instructor

Noun

 * 1) A fox

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) teacher
 * 2) long syllable

Etymology
Cognate with. It is an assimilatory modification of.

Adjective

 * 1) heavy
 * 2) venerable

Noun

 * 1) teacher

Etymology
/ /, from , from , from , from.

Etymology
From, originally "heavy", from. .

Noun

 * 1)  spiritual teacher

Noun

 * 1)  advisor, mentor

Etymology
or.

Etymology
/, from.

Etymology
.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) teacher

Noun

 * 1) teacher of spiritual matters or martial arts