Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gurukul

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: gu-rukul
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of school in India and in several other countries, residential in nature, with pupils living near the guru, often within the same house.

Etymology

* From Sanskrit गुरु (guru) + कुल (kula).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: गुरु

Inflected Forms

gurukuls (plural) gurukula (alternative)

Questions

What does gurukul mean?: A type of school in India and in several other countries, residential in nature, with pupils living near the guru, often within the same house.
Where does gurukul come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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