guru

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a shishya.
2. (India) Any general teacher (as a term of respect).
3. (humorous, sometimes) An influential advisor or mentor.
4. (derogatory) A fraudster or conman relying on a projected air of confidence in an obscure field.

Verb

To act as a guru; to give wise advice

Sinonieme

preceptor

teacher

🧑‍🏫

spiritual guide

leader

master

mentor

sage

king

👑

kola

spiritual father

spiritual leader

holy master

philosopher

elder

pundit

Guru

cola

thinker

Brahman

father

👨‍👦

husband

🤵

initiator

intellectual

Vertalings

gourou

gurú

Guru

guru

goeroe

guru

guru

γκουρού

mürşit

معلم روحي جُورُو

maître à penser

guru

gurus

المعلّم

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɡʊɹuː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Hindi गुरु (guru) / Punjabi ਗੁਰੂ (gurū), from Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “venerable, respectable”), originally "heavy" and in this sense cognate to English grieve and, more distantly, brute. Doublet of grave. 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.

Sinne

As such , the term " guru " is a controversial one .