Artur
Sign in to savethumb|right|alt=Depiction of King Arthur as one of the Nine Worthies, from the "Christian Heroes Tapestry" in The Cloisters, New York|Depiction of King Arthur as one of the Nine Worthies, from the "Christian Heroes Tapestry" in The Cloisters, New York Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur meaning "bear-like", or "of honour". It is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word ("bear"). Other Celtic languages have similar first names, such as Old Irish , Welsh - which may also be the sou
Key facts
- Given name2.name
- Artur
- Given name2.gender
- Male
- Given name2.meaning
- Bear-like, Baseball, Of Honour
- Given name2.languageorigin
- Latin or Celtic
- Given name2.seealso
- Arthur, Arturo, Artturi
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thumb|right|alt=Depiction of King Arthur as one of the Nine Worthies, from the "Christian Heroes Tapestry" in The Cloisters, New York|Depiction of King Arthur as one of the Nine Worthies, from the "Christian Heroes Tapestry" in The Cloisters, New York Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur meaning "bear-like", or "of honour". It is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word ("bear"). Other Celtic languages have similar first names, such as Old Irish , Welsh - which may also be the source for the modern name. Art is also a diminutive form of the common name Arthur. In Estonian, and many Romance, Slavic and Germanic languages the name is spelled as Artur. The Finnish versions are Artturi and Arttu.
Avestan /arta and its Vedic equivalent both derive from Proto-Indo-Iranian "truth", which in turn continues Proto-Indo-European "properly joined, right, true", from the root . The word is attested in Old Persian as .