គុរុ

Old Khmer

Variant forms
Latin guru
Pallava

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गुरु (guru, guru; master, teacher; sage). Compare Pali guru, Old Javanese guru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʊruː/

Noun

គុរុ (guru)

  1. teacher, pedagogue; spiritual preceptor.
  2. expert practitioner or specialist.

Verb

គុរុ (guru)

  1. (stative) to be grave, important, serious.

Derived terms

The derivation may actually have occurred in Sanskrit or Pali,

  • គុរុកម្ម៌ (gurukarmma)
  • គុរុទេវ (gurudeva)
  • គុរុទេឝ (gurudeśa)

Descendants

  • Khmer: គ្រូ (kruu)
  • Lao: ຄູ (khū)
  • Thai: ครู (kruu), คุรุ (kú-rú)

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

គុរុ

  1. Khmer script form of guru (heavy)

Declension

Noun

គុរុ m

  1. Khmer script form of guru (teacher)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Adjective

គុរុ • (gurú) stem

  1. Khmer script form of गुरु (heavy)

Noun

គុរុ • (gurú) stemm

  1. Khmer script form of गुरु (guru; respected person)
    • c. 1300 (date of inscription), Peter Skilling, “Namo Buddhāya Gurave (K. 888): Circulation of a Liturgical Formula across Asia”, in Journal of the Siam Society[1], volume 106 (overall work in English), published November 2018, page 116:
      ឲំនមោវុទ្ធាយគុរវេ
      នមោធម្ម៌ាយតាយណេ*
      oṃ namo vuddhāya gurave
      namo dharmmāya tāyaṇe*
      Om. Homage to the Buddha, the teacher
      Homage to the Dharma, the saviour
                  *For translation, corrected to តាយិនេ (tāyine).
      Opening lines of Praise of the Three Jewels (Triratnastotra), ascribed to Mātṛceṭa