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 IrishArt, Artúur,
WelshArth - 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 Arttu and Artturi.
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.
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