mahaguru

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महागुरु (mahāguru, “supreme guru”), reanalyzed as maha- (“supreme”) +‎ guru (“teacher”). Semantic loan from Dutch hoogleraar (“professor”, literally “high teacher”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mahaˈɡuru/ [ma.haˈɡu.ru]
• Rhymes: -uru
• Syllabification: ma‧ha‧gu‧ru

mahaguru (plural mahaguru-mahaguru)

1. professor

   Synonyms: guru besar, profesor

• mahasiswa (“college student”)

• “mahaguru”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From maha- (“supreme”) +‎ guru (“teacher”), from Sanskrit महागुरु (mahāguru).

• IPA^(key): /ma.ha.ɡu.ru/
• Rhymes: -uru, -ru, -u

mahaguru (Jawi spelling مهاݢورو, plural mahaguru-mahaguru)

1. grandmaster; great teacher
2. (uncommon) professor

   Synonym: profesor

• mahasiswa (“university student”)

• “mahaguru”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• “mahaguru”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN