స్వామి
Telugu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svāmin).
Noun
స్వామి • (svāmi) m (plural స్వాములు)
- A lord, master, sovereign, owner, proprietor, husband, spiritual guide or preceptor.
- 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