Telugu

Noun

గురువు • ‎(guruvu)

1. teacher, preceptor, master, superior, learned man, father.
2. a title or name of Brihaspati, tutor of the Gods, who was the husband of Tāra.
3. any venerable man.

Synonyms

• ఉపాధ్యాయుడు ‎(upādhyāyuḍu)

Derived terms

• గురుకులము ‎(gurukulamu)

Etymology 2

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) eo-head

Adjective

గురువు • ‎(guruvu)

1. heavy, weighty.
2. great, important.
3. difficult, arduous.
4. venerable, respectable.
5. hard of digestion.

Antonyms

• లఘువు ‎(laghuvu)

Derived terms

• గురుకోణము ‎(gurukōṇamu, “obtuse angle”)

References

• “గురువు” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 381