different between teach vs guru

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?t??/
• Rhymes: -i?t?

Etymology 1

From Middle English techen, from Old English t??an (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan, from Proto-Germanic *taikijan? (“to show”), from Proto-Indo-European *dey?- (“to show”). Cognate with Scots tech, teich (“to teach”), German zeigen (“to show, point out”), zeihen (“accuse, blame”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (gateihan, “to announce, declare, tell, show, display”), Latin d?c? (“speak, say, tell”), Ancient Greek ???????? (deíknumi, “show, point out, explain, teach”). More at token.

Verb

teach (third-person singular simple present teaches, present participle teaching, simple past and past participle taught)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
   • c1450, Mandeville's Travels?

     Blessed God of might (the) most.. teach us the right way unto that bliss that lasteth aye.

   • c1460, Cursor Mundi?

     Till thy sweet sun uprose, thou keptest all our lay, how we should keep our belief there taught'st thou us the way.
2. (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.

   Synonyms: educate, instruct

3. (intransitive) To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.

   Antonym: learn

4. (ditransitive) To cause to learn or understand.
5. (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Translations

References

• The Middle English Dictionary
• NED

Etymology 2

Clipping of teacher

Noun

teach (plural teaches)

1. (informal, usually as a term of address) teacher

Anagrams

• 'tache, Tache, Taché, Tâche, chate, cheat, he-cat, tache, theca

Irish

Alternative forms

• tigh dative; has replaced the nominative in Munster Irish
• toigh (Ulster) dative; replaced the nominative in East Ulster.

Etymology

From Old Irish tech, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ax/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /t?æ?x/

Noun

teach m (genitive singular tí, nominative plural tithe)

1. house

Declension

• Alternative genitive singular: tighe, toighe
• Alternative dative singular: toigh
• Alternative plural: tithí (Ulster)

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "teach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “tea?” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 724.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tech, teg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “teach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “teach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English techen, from Old English t??an, from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan.

Verb

teach (simple past teigkt or teight)

1. to hand or give

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Alternative forms

• goru [17th-19th c.]
• gooroo [19th c.]
• guroo (archaic)

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (guru) / Urdu ???? (guru) / Punjabi ???? (gur?), from Sanskrit ???? (guru, “venerable, respectable”), originally "heavy" and in this sense cognate to English grieve. (A traditional etymology based on the Advayataraka Upanishad (line 16) describes the syllables gu as 'darkness' and ru as 'destroyer', thus meaning "one who destroys/dispels darkness"). Doublet of grave, grief, and brute.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

guru (plural gurus)

1. A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher. [from 17th c.]
   • 1817, William Ward, History, Literature and Religion of the Hindoos, vol II:

     When the gooroo arrives at the house of a disciple, the whole family prostrate themselves at his feet, and the spiritual guide puts his right foot on the heads of the prostrate family.

   • 2010, Wendy Shanker, The Guardian, 10 May 2010:

     Traditionally, a guru is a spiritual teacher who guides a student on the road to Enlightenment, or finding God.

2. (sometimes humorous) An influential advisor or mentor. [from 20th c.]
   • 2004, ‘Vintage technology’, Time, 18 Oct 2004:

     Many oenophiles rely on the ratings and recommendations of wine guru Robert Parker when selecting the perfect bottle.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Blagar

Noun

guru

1. teacher

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 165

Czech

Noun

guru m

1. guru (spiritual teacher)
2. guru (leader or expert in a field)

Finnish

Noun

guru

1. A guru

Declension

French

Noun

guru m (plural gurus)

1. Alternative spelling of gourou

Hausa

Noun

g?r?? m (plural g?r???y?, possessed form g?r?un)

1. A large leather belt, usually containing charms.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (guru), from Sanskrit ???? (guru, “heavy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??uru]
• Hyphenation: gu?ru
• Rhymes: -ru

Noun

guru (plural guruk)

1. guru (a Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher)
2. guru (leader or expert in a field)

Declension

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay guru, ultimately Sanskrit ???? (gurú, “guru, teacher, sage”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gr?Hú?, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr?Húš, from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?h?ús (“heavy”). Doublet of bruto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u.ru/

Noun

guru (plural para guru, first-person possessive guruku, second-person possessive gurumu, third-person possessive gurunya)

1. teacher

Derived terms

Compounds

Further reading

• “guru” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (gur?, “teacher”)

Noun

guru m (invariable)

1. A guru (religious or spiritual leader; influential person)

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ????
• Roman: goeroe (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (guru, “teacher”)

Noun

guru (krama-ngoko guru)

1. spiritual teacher
2. teacher

   Synonym: dwija

3. (of bee) queen bee

References

• "guru" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

Latin

Noun

g??r?

1. ablative singular of g??rus

Lindu

Noun

guru

1. teacher

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (gurú).

Pronunciation

Noun

guru (Jawi spelling ?????, plural guru-guru, informal 1st possessive guruku, impolite 2nd possessive gurumu, 3rd possessive gurunya)

1. educator, teacher, instructor

Further reading

• “guru” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mapudungun

Alternative forms

• gvrv

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /????/

Noun

guru (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. A fox

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit ???? (guru). It is an assimilatory modification of garu.

Adjective

guru

1. heavy
2. venerable

Declension

Noun

guru m

1. teacher (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

References

“guru”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Polish

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (gur?) / Urdu ???? (guru) / Punjabi ???? (gur?), from Sanskrit ???? (gurú), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gr?Hú?, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr?Húš, from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?h?ús (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u.ru/

Noun

guru m pers (indeclinable)

1. (Hinduism) guru (spiritual teacher)
2. guru (advisor or mentor)

Further reading

• guru in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• guru in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (gurú, “venerable, respectable”), originally "heavy", from Proto-Indo-European *g?réh?us.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?u.??u/
• Hyphenation: gu?ru
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

guru m (plural gurus)

1. guru (spiritual teacher)

Noun

guru m, f (plural gurus)

1. guru (advisor, mentor)

Related terms

• baro-
• grave

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

g?ru m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. guru

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (gur?) / Urdu ???? (guru), from Sanskrit ???? (guru, “venerable, respectable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u.ru/

Noun

guru m (genitive singular gurua, nominative plural guruovia, genitive plural guruov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. guru

Declension

References

• guru in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swahili

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (gu?, “jaggery”).

Pronunciation

Noun

guru

1. Only used in sukari guru (“jaggery”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (gur?), from Sanskrit ???? (guru, “heavy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????r?/
• Rhymes: -??r?

Noun

guru c

1. guru

Declension

References

• guru in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Yakan

Noun

guru

1. teacher (of spiritual matters or martial arts)