स्वामिन्

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From Proto-Indo-European *s(u)w-o- (“one's own”), from *swé (“self”).

स्वामिन् • (svāmín) stem, m

an owner, proprietor, master, lord or owner of (genitive, locative, or comp.) (Mn. MBh. &c)
a chief, commander (of an army) (Vikr. Subh.)
a husband, lover (dual "husband and wife") (Āpast. Mn. MBh. &c)
a king, prince (in drama used as a form of address, same as देव (deva))
a spiritual, preceptor, learned Brahman or Pandit (used as a title)
the image or temple of a god (often ifc. » श्रीदर (śrīdara), विष्णु-सेव् (viṣṇu-sev) &c.)
a name (Yājñ. L. Cat.)
1. name of स्कन्द (skanda)
2. name of विष्णु (viṣṇu)
3. name of शिव (śiva)
4. name of गरुड (garuḍa)
5. name of the मुनि वात्स्यायन (muni vātsyāyana)
6. name of the 11th अर्हत् (arhat) of the past उत्सर्पिणी (utsarpiṇī)
7. name of various authors

Masculine in-stem declension of स्वामिन् (svāmin)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्वामी svāmī	स्वामिनौ / स्वामिना¹ svāminau / svāminā¹	स्वामिनः svāminaḥ
Vocative	स्वामिन् svāmin	स्वामिनौ / स्वामिना¹ svāminau / svāminā¹	स्वामिनः svāminaḥ
Accusative	स्वामिनम् svāminam	स्वामिनौ / स्वामिना¹ svāminau / svāminā¹	स्वामिनः svāminaḥ
Instrumental	स्वामिना svāminā	स्वामिभ्याम् svāmibhyām	स्वामिभिः svāmibhiḥ
Dative	स्वामिने svāmine	स्वामिभ्याम् svāmibhyām	स्वामिभ्यः svāmibhyaḥ
Ablative	स्वामिनः svāminaḥ	स्वामिभ्याम् svāmibhyām	स्वामिभ्यः svāmibhyaḥ
Genitive	स्वामिनः svāminaḥ	स्वामिनोः svāminoḥ	स्वामिनाम् svāminām
Locative	स्वामिनि svāmini	स्वामिनोः svāminoḥ	स्वामिषु svāmiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic