𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽳
Old Uyghur
| Orkhon script | 𐰍𐰆𐰺𐰆 (ǧur¹u /ġuru/) |
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Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “venerable, respectable”).
Noun
𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽳 (qwrw /ġuru/)
- (religion, Buddhism, Manichaean) guru, spiritual teacher
- Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽾 (ʾʾqyr /aġïr/), 𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽿𐽶 (pʾqšy /baḥšï/), 𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰 (lʾmʾ /lama/), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 (ʾwlwq /uluġ/)
- 𐽰𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽲 𐽹𐽶𐾀𐽼𐽰 𐽶𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽽𐽶 𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽳
- ʾʾnlʾq mytpʾ yy twrcy qwrw
- /Anlaġ-métpa-yi-torčé Ġuru/
- Guru Anaṅgavajra (eqv. Tibetan ཡན་ལག་མེད་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ (yan lag med pa'i rdo rje))
- (religion, Buddhism) a teacher in religious affairs
- Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽽𐽰𐽾𐽶 (ʾʾcʾry /ačari/), 𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽿𐽶 (pʾqšy /baḥšï/), 𐽸𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽷𐽶 (dʾrmʾqʾdyky /darmaḳadiké/), 𐽸𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽸𐽶 (dʾrmʾtʾdy /darmatadé/), 𐫍𐫇𐫢𐫔𐫏 (hwšδy /ḥuéšté/), 𐽰𐽶𐽻𐽸𐽳𐽺𐽼𐽰 (ʾysdwnpʾ /isdonpa/), 𐽷𐽰𐽷𐽰 (kʾkʾ /keke/), 𐽷𐽿𐽶 (kšy /keši/), 𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰 (lʾmʾ /lama/), 𐫖𐫍𐫏𐫘𐫔𐫞 (mhysδq /mahistaḳ/), 𐽹𐽳𐽽𐽲 (mwcq /močak/), 𐽺𐽳𐽹𐽽𐽶 (nwmcy /nomčï/), 𐽻𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽽𐽶 (swyzcy /sözči/), 闍梨 (d͡ʑia.liɪ /šeli/), 𐽿𐽶 (šy /ši/), 𐾀𐽰𐽶𐽿𐽶 (tʾyšy /taiši, tayši/), 𐽰𐽳𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽰𐽶𐽶 (ʾwpʾdyʾyy /upadyayé/), 𐽰𐽳𐽼𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽰 (ʾwpʾtyʾ /upatya/)
References
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ġuru”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 81
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) guru”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 276