garu

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

garu

1. brain

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri gàrú.

Noun

gā̀r̃ū m (plural gār̃ukā̀, possessed form gā̀r̃un)

1. wall around a settlement or compound

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Japanese

Romanization

garu

1. Rōmaji transcription of がる

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Latvian

Noun

garu m

1. accusative singular of gars
2. instrumental singular of gars
3. genitive plural of gars

Adjective

garu

1. (deprecated template usage) accusative singular masculine form of garš
2. (deprecated template usage) instrumental singular masculine form of garš
3. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural masculine form of garš
4. (deprecated template usage) accusative singular feminine form of garš
5. (deprecated template usage) instrumental singular feminine form of garš
6. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural feminine form of garš

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• गरु (Devanagari script)
• গরু (Bengali script)
• ගරු (Sinhalese script)
• ဂရု or ၷရု (Burmese script)
• ครุ or คะรุ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩁᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຣຸ or ຄະຣຸ (Lao script)
• គរុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄢𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit *गरु (garu).

Adjective

garu

1. heavy
2. venerable

Declension

Declension table of "garu" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	garu	garavo or garū
Accusative (second)	garuṃ	garavo or garū
Instrumental (third)	garunā	garūhi or garūbhi
Dative (fourth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	garusmā or garumhā	garūhi or garūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	garusmiṃ or garumhi	garūsu
Vocative (calling)	garu	garave or garavo

Declension table of "garunī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	garunī	garuniyo or garunī
Accusative (second)	garuniṃ or garuniyaṃ	garuniyo or garunī
Instrumental (third)	garuniyā	garunīhi or garunībhi
Dative (fourth)	garuniyā	garunīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	garuniyā	garunīhi or garunībhi
Genitive (sixth)	garuniyā	garunīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	garuniyā or garuniyaṃ	garunīsu
Vocative (calling)	garuni	garuniyo or garunī

Declension table of "garu" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	garu	garūni or garū
Accusative (second)	garuṃ	garūni or garū
Instrumental (third)	garunā	garūhi or garūbhi
Dative (fourth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	garusmā or garumhā	garūhi or garūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	garusmiṃ or garumhi	garūsu
Vocative (calling)	garu	garūni or garū

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဂရု (ga.ru.)
• → Thai: ครุ (krú)
• → Khmer: គរុ (kĕəʼruʼ)

Noun

garu m

1. teacher (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension table of "garu" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	garu	garavo or garū
Accusative (second)	garuṃ	garavo or garū
Instrumental (third)	garunā	garūhi or garūbhi
Dative (fourth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	garusmā or garumhā	garūhi or garūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	garussa or garuno	garūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	garusmiṃ or garumhi	garūsu
Vocative (calling)	garu	garave or garavo

Derived terms

• guru

Descendants

• → Thai: ครุ (krú)
• → Khmer: គរុ (kĕəʼruʼ)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “garu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡarɨ̞/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːri/, /ˈɡari/

Verb

garu

1. Soft mutation of caru.