guru的词源

英文词源

guru

guru: see gravity

guru (n.)

1806, gooroo, from Hindi guru "teacher, priest," from Sanskrit guru-s "one to be honored, teacher," from guru- "venerable, worthy of honor," literally "heavy, weighty," from PIE root *gwere- (2) "heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Generalized sense of "mentor" is from 1940 (in H.G. Wells); sense of "expert in something" first recorded c. 1966 in Canadian English in reference to Marshall McLuhan.

中文词源

guru：古鲁，专家

来自梵语，来自PIE*gwere, 重，词源同gravity, gravitation. 原指印度教的得道者，修行高深之人，后词义通用化。

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guru：古鲁，专家

印度教圣人，本义为重，重量，同源词grave,gravity,barometer. 如gurdwara,谒师所，印度锡克教礼拜场所，对应guru+dwara,门，door的梵语形式。字面意思即朝圣之门。