స్వామి

Telugu

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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

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