gurus

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊ.ɹuːz/, /ˈɡuː.ɹuːz/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊ.ɹuz/, /ɡʊˈɹuz/, /ˈɡuː.ɹuːz/, /ɡuːˈɹuːz/, /ˈɡʊ.ɹʊz/, /ɡʊˈɹʊz/ === Noun === gurus plural of guru == French == === Noun === gurus m plural of guru == Latin == === Etymology === From Hindi गुरू (gurū) / Urdu گرو (guru), from Sanskrit गुरु (gurú, “venerable, respectable”), originally "heavy" and in this sense cognate to English grieve. (A traditional etymology based on the Advaya Taraka Upanishad (line 16) describes the syllables gu as 'darkness' and ru as 'destroyer', thus meaning "one who destroys/dispels darkness"). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡuː.rʊs], [ˈɡʊ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡuː.rus] === Noun === gū̆rus m (genitive gū̆rūs); fourth declension guru ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. === References === == Portuguese == === Noun === gurus plural of guru == Spanish == === Noun === gurus m pl plural of guru