ארוס

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־ר־ס (ʾ-r-s)

Noun

אָרוּס • (arús) m (plural indefinite אֲרוּסִים, feminine counterpart אֲרוּסָה)

1. a fiancé

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἔρως (Érōs).

Proper noun

אֶרוֹס • (eros) m

1. (Greek mythology) Eros (the god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares)
2. (astronomy) 433 Eros: the second-largest near-Earth asteroid.

References

• “ארוס” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• ארוס on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he