తీర్థకాకి

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Telugu

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit तीर्थ (tīrtha, a passage, way, road, ford, stairs for landing or for descent into a river, bathing-place, place of pilgrimage on the banks of sacred streams, piece of water) + Telugu కాకి (kāki, crow).

Noun

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తీర్థకాకి (tīrthakāki? (plural తీర్థకాకులు)

  1. (literary) a crow in a sacred bathing place.
  2. a greedy person who haunts holy places and lives by fleecing pilgrims.

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