గురువు
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Telugu[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “guru, teacher, sage; venerable or respectable person”) + -వు (-vu).
Noun[edit]
గురువు • (guruvu) m (plural గురువులు)
- teacher, preceptor, master, superior, learned man, father.
- a title or name of Brihaspati, tutor of the Gods, who was the husband of Tāra.
- any venerable man.
- (poetry) A long syllable.
Synonyms[edit]
- ఉపాధ్యాయుడు (upādhyāyuḍu)
Derived terms[edit]
- గురుకులము (gurukulamu)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “heavy, weighty; heavy in the stomach, difficult to digest; high in degree, vehement, violent, excessive, difficult, hard; valuable, highly prized; venerable, respectable”) + -వు (-vu).
Adjective[edit]
గురువు • (guruvu)
Antonyms[edit]
- లఘువు (laghuvu)
Derived terms[edit]
- గురుకోణము (gurukōṇamu, “obtuse angle”)
References[edit]
- "గురువు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 381