# juru
## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒu.ˈɾu/

### Noun

juru (plural jurukuéra)
* mouth

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* djoeroe (1901–1947)
* djuru (1947–1972)

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒuru/ [ˈd͡ʒu.ru]
* Rhymes: -uru
* Syllabification: ju‧ru

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay juru-, from Javanese ꦗꦸꦫꦸ (juru, “expert”), from Old Javanese juru (“head, leader, chief; tradesman”).

#### Noun

juru (uncountable)
* (obsolete) worker; skilled man; professional: a person who belongs to a job or a profession which required training or skill.

##### Derived terms

* kejuruan
* juru api
* juru arsip
* juru atak
* juru bahasa
* juru batu
* juru bayar
* juru bayar gaji
* juru bayar tagihan
* juru berita
* juru bicara
* juru buku
* juru cacar
* juru cakap
* juru catat
* juru damai
* juru foto
* juru gambar
* juru kaki
* juru kamera
* juru kas
* juru kehutanan
* juru kelat
* juru kemasan
* juru kerah
* juru keuangan
* juru kira
* juru kunci
* juru laboratorium
* juru labuhan
* juru las
* juru lelang
* juru lukis
* juru masak
* juru mesin pesawat
* juru minyak
* juru muat
* juru mudi
* juru padahi
* juru pangalasan
* juru panggil
* juru parkir
* juru periksa
* juru pertanian
* juru pisah
* juru pompa
* juru pusaka
* juru ramal
* juru rawat
* juru rawat jenazah
* juru resep
* juru rias
* juru rumpakan
* juru runding
* juru sekar
* juru selam
* juru selamat
* juru sita
* juru suara
* juru sungging
* juru surat
* juru tafsir
* juru taksir
* juru tala
* juru taman
* juru tanak
* juru tenung
* juru tera
* juru terap
* juru terbang
* juru teriak
* juru terima surat
* juru tik
* juru tinggi
* juru tulis
* juru tulis desa
* juru uang
* juru ukir
* juru ukur
* juru ulas
* juru warta

#### Noun

juru (uncountable)
* (government) civil servant 1 grade, specifically 1/C grade

##### Derived terms

* juru muda
* juru muda tingkat satu
* juru tingkat satu

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay juru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuru (“corner; side, edge”).

#### Noun

juru (uncountable)
* (archaic) corner

##### Derived terms

* menjuru
* penjuru

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

juru (uncountable)
* (silat, dated) alternative spelling of jurus

### Further reading

* “juru” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

juru
* Romanization of ꦗꦸꦫꦸ

## Latvian
### Noun

juru f
* inflection of jura:
** accusative/instrumental singular
** genitive plural

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuRu (“corner; side, edge”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒuru/
* Rhymes: -ru, -u

### Noun

juru (Jawi spelling جورو, plural juru-juru, informal 1st possessive juruku, 2nd possessive jurumu, 3rd possessive jurunya)
* (archaic) A corner.
    Synonyms: sudut, penjuru, pojok

#### Affixations

* menjuru
* penjuru

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: juru

#### See also

* juru- (prefix)

### Further reading

* “juru” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*zuRu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní juru.

### Noun

juru
* mouth
* opening

## Sundanese
### Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦗꦸꦫꦸ (juru), from Old Javanese juru

#### Noun

juru (Sundanese script ᮏᮥᮛᮥ)
* someone who holds an office or position of low rank
    juru kunci ― keeper of the key
    juru tulis ― writer

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀu.

#### Noun

juru (Sundanese script ᮏᮥᮛᮥ)
* corner

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

juru (Sundanese script ᮏᮥᮛᮥ)
* See ngajuru

### Further reading

* "DJOEROE", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij