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garuṁ

garu

accusative singular neuter of garu (adjective)

  1. heavy
  2. weighty
  3. grave
  4. serious

Etymology. From Indo-European *gʷeru- 'heavy'; cognate with Sanskrit guru, Latin gravis, English grave (in the sense of serious), German schwer. The root sense is physical weight, extended to moral or spiritual gravity.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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