different between gurus vs gyrus

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.?u?z/, /??u?.?u?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?uz/, /????uz/, /??u?.?u?z/, /?u???u?z/, /???.??z/, /?????z/

Noun

gurus

1. plural of guru

French

Noun

gurus m

1. plural of guru

Latin

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (gur?) / Urdu ???? (guru), from Sanskrit ???? (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) IPA^(key): /??u?.rus/, [??u???s?] or IPA^(key): /??u.rus/, [?????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??u.rus/, [??u??us]

Noun

g??rus m (genitive g??r?s); fourth declension

1. guru

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

References

English

Etymology

From Latin g?rus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek ????? (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?a???s/

Noun

gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)

1. (anatomy) A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.

   Synonym: (archaic) gyre

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• sulcus

Anagrams

• surgy

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (gûros)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??y?.rus/, [??y???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d??i.rus/, [?d??i??us]

Noun

g?rus m (genitive g?r?); second declension

1. circle
2. a circular motion
3. a circuit, course, ring
4. (by extension) place where horses are trained

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• g?r?

Related terms

• g?r?tus

Descendants

References

• gyrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gyrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette