Значение

значений: 4
  1. In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a shishya.

    Guru

    гу́руgúru, духо́вный учи́тельduxóvnyj učítelʹ

    a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher

  2. (Индия)Any general teacher (as a term of respect).

  3. (шутливое, иногда)An influential advisor or mentor.

    Guru

    наста́вникnastávnik, учи́тельučítelʹ

  4. (пренебрежительное)A fraudster or conman relying on a projected air of confidence in an obscure field.

Примеры

предложений: 16
  1. You are a guru at this.

    Ты спец в этом деле.

  2. Tom is a fitness guru.

    Том - фитнес-гуру.

  3. The cult guru was a kangaroo.

  4. Sami was being brainwashed by the guru.

  5. Yoga gurus promise to show the path to enlightenment.

Переводы

языков: 7
Русский
По значениям 2
spiritual teacher:
advisor or mentor:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
spiritual teacher:

Происхождение

Borrowed from Hindi गुरु (guru) / Punjabi ਗੁਰੂ (gurū), from Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “venerabl

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.

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Формы

мн. число: gurus / guru
Ед. числоguru
Мн. числоgurus / guru

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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 12

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