guruv

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Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit đ‘€•đ‘„đ‘€­đ‘€œđ‘€Ż (gorĆ«va), from Sanskrit à€—à„‹à€°à„‚à€Ș (gorĆ«pĂĄ, “cow-shaped”). Cognate with Hindustani ÚŻÙˆŰ±ÙÙˆ / à€—à„‹à€°à„‚ (gorĆ«).

Noun

guruv m (accusative guruves, nominative plural guruva, accusative plural guruven)

  1. ox
  2. bull

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gƍrĆ«pá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 231
  • Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “gurĂșv”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch fĂŒr den sĂŒdosteuropĂ€ischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 103b
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o guruv, -es m. -a, -en”, in Melinda RĂ©zmƱves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = ElsƑ rromani nyelvƱ eurĂłpai szĂłtĂĄram : cigĂĄny, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, nĂ©met, ukrĂĄn, romĂĄn, horvĂĄt, szlovĂĄk, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: FƑvĂĄrosi OnkormĂĄnyzat CigĂĄny HĂĄz--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 158a