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.
Depiction of King Arthur as one of the Nine Worthies, from the "Christian Heroes Tapestry" in The Cloisters, New York
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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