స్వామి

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svāmin).

Noun

స్వామి • (svāmi) m (plural స్వాములు)

  1. A lord, master, sovereign, owner, proprietor, husband, spiritual guide or preceptor.
  2. A Brahmin is usually thus addressed by a junior or by a Sudra.

References

“స్వామి” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1378

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