gurukula

G2U1R1U1K5U1L1A1

noun

A residential school in India with pupils living near the guru, often in the same house.

OriginSanskrit गुरुकुल →
Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noungurukula (plural gurukulas)

plural gurukulas · alternative gurukul

  1. HinduismA residential school in India with pupils living near the guru, often in the same house.

Origin

  1. Sanskritगुरुकुल
  2. Englishgurukula

From Sanskrit गुरुकुल (gurukula).

More words from Sanskrit

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

gurukula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gurukula

MLA

“gurukula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gurukula. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gurukula,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gurukula.

Source: gurukula on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.