The word 'guru' has been adopted from which language?
In Sanskrit, 'guru' means heavy. In Indian tradition, knowledge is considered to be heavier or important than anything else, so a person, who is more knowledgeable than you and is willing to impart his knowledge to you, is a guru for you. A guru is considered to be next to God only. In fact, God Shiv has been given the title of 'Aadiguru' which means the first guru or the guru of mankind. A guru is more than a teacher since a teacher imparts worldly knowledge only. But a guru can be a religious guru, a spiritual guru or a guru imparting worldly knowledge.
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41 Comments
Mick St Louis
Sanskrit was the only logical answer!
Bob Bracegirdle
Amazing that someone has never heard of the term after all the Beatles publicity of the 60s.
ninakamwene
Got it! In a fun way Quizz folks are my trivia 'gurus'. I learn a lot.
June
Had to be Sanskrit, especially given the other choices.
Vaughan Smith
Can't say I've heard of a language called "Roman." Latin, yes, Italian yes, Roman, no.
Diane Lynn Kinsman
Did answer it right..
dsneed
A likely guess. Yay me.
dlh
Lucky guess. 👏
Lynne Zeman
Very good Q & A
Mark L Thomas
Got that
Caroline Cannon
Got it right;
Cottec
YOU are a moron. If you don't know the meaning look it up. tesla alset,
Suraya Choudhury
I knew !
George N. Martin
AMOST a perfect score but I guess I goofed up and got one RIGHT! 1/10P. Blush, blush, blushj.
Louise C.
Great question, thank you Babita Goyal
Noreen Kelly
It wasn't what is term guru it asked what the origin of country was!
Larry Freeman
Blue eyed, white skinned scholars determined that 'guru' comes from the sanskrit base term, 'gru' meaning heavy. These are the same geniuses that for years determined that Mumbai really should be pronounced Bombay; that Beijing should be Peking, Gojira as Godzilla and Kolkata pronounced as Calcutta. Hindu scriptures teach that, in sanskrit, the term 'guru' conveys a meaning of 'teacher' but comes from two terms 'gu' and 'ru' meaning 'dispeller of darkness'. I think I'll give credence to the latter.
Jim Galati
The most perfect of all languages...