Artur

Artur
PronunciationPortuguese: [aɾˈtuɾ]
Polish: [ˈartur]
GenderMale
Origin
LanguageLatin or Celtic
MeaningBear-like, Baseball, Of Honour
Other names
See alsoArthur, Arturo, Artturi
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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 *artos ("bear"). Other Celtic languages have similar first names, such as Old Irish Art, Artúur, Welsh Arth - 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 aṣ̌a/arta and its Vedic equivalent ṛtá both derive from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ṛtá- "truth",[1] which in turn continues Proto-Indo-European *h₂r-to- "properly joined, right, true", from the root *h₂ar. The word is attested in Old Persian as arta.

Artur is less commonly found as a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Composers

Performers

Politicians

Scientists

  • Artur Ekert (born 1961), British-Polish cryptologist and physicist
  • Artur Lind (1927–1989), Estonian biologist
  • Artur Toom (1884–1942), Estonian ornithologist and conservationist

Sportsmen

Writers

Others

Surname

  • Léo Artur (Leonardo Artur de Melo, born 1995), Brazilian footballer
  • Liz Johnson Artur (born 1964), Ghanaian-Russian photographer working in England
  • Mário Artur (Mário Artur Borges Oliveira, born 1969), Mozambican football manager and former international player

See also

References

  1. ^ "AṦA (Asha "Truth") – Encyclopaedia Iranica". Iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
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