the indistinct sound as made in the throat.

a sound imitating it.

hard to lift or move because of great weight; weighty; heavy.

of much more than ordinary size, extent, volume, etc.; great or greater.

having (more) importance or influence; of consequence.

that which is difficult to understand, achieve, manage, etc.

a person who teaches whether or not as a profession; a teacher.

a person who initiates, admits or baptizes into a religion or religious order.

a religious preacher.

one's male parent; father.

a person whose function is to make sacrificial offerings and perform other religious rites; a priest.

a venerable person.

Břhaspati, the preceptor of gods.

the head of a monastery of a religion.

(astrol.) Jupiter, one of the nine planets that are believed to influence human lives.

a long syllable that is considered as being two times the short one, in prosody.

a sign (-) used to represent this.

ಗುರು ಹಿರಿಯರು guru hiriyaru (pl.) one's elders, teachers and advisors (often used as a general term for elders); ಗುರುವಿಗೇ ತಿರುಮಂತ್ರ ಹೇಳು guruvigē tirumantra hēḷu (prov.) to teach the techniques to a person from whom one has learnt; to behave arrogantly with one's preceptor, advisor, etc.; ಗುರುಕೊಟ್ಟ ಜೋಳಿಗೆಯೆಂದು ಗೂಟಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಗಿಸೆದರೆ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ತುಂಬೀತೆ? guru koṭṭa jōḷigeyendu gūṭakke sigisidre hoṭṭe tumbīte? (prov.) to get the fruit, one must work hard, rather than counting on the grace of god or one's preceptor; ಗುರುವಿಗೆ ಗುಟುಕು ನೀರು, ಶಿಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಎಣ್ಣೆಮಜ್ಜನ guruvige guṭuku nīru, śiṣyanige eṇṇe majjana (prov.) while the deserved starves, the undeserved or less deserved is bestowed with all the enjoyments; ಗುರುವಿಗೆ ಇರುವೆ ಕಚ್ಚದೆ? guruvige iruve kaccade (prov.) an individual's honour, merit or renown does not protect one from pain or agony that come in the natural course.

a unit of weight.

a deep and tender feeling of affection for or attachment or devotion to a person or persons; love.

a portion or division of a whole; a part.

to feel love or deep fondness for; to love.

to delight in; to admire; to greatly cherish.

an inflamed pus-filled swelling caused by infection; a boil; an abscess.

something that pains, irritates a person; an irritant.

ಕುರುವಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೊಕ್ಕೆ kuruvina mēle bokke (fig.) a difficult or irritant condition worsening by another such difficulty or irritation.

boiled rice.

a divine person incarnated on the earth and has become a spiritual preceptor.