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swami

/ˈswɑːmi/

swami noun: a Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.

Noun

swami (plural swamis)

  1. (often) A Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.
  2. (obsolete) A Hindu religious idol.

swami meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

swami in Tamil

சுவாமி

swami in Urdu

swami
سوامی svāmī

swami in Bengali

swami
স্বামী śami

swami in Telugu

స్వామి
More languagesFewer languages
swami in Malayalam
സ്വാമി
swami in Kannada
ಸ್ವಾಮಿ
swami in Punjabi
ਸਵਾਮੀ
swami in Gujarati
સ્વામી
swami in Assamese
স্বামী sami

Forms of swami

pluralswamis
alternative form (dated)swamee
alternative form (dated)swammy
alternative form (dated)swamy

Plural of swami: swamis

Origin of swami

Borrowed from Hindi स्वामी (svāmī), from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svāmín).

Words that rhyme with swami

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about swami

What does swami mean?
Swami means a Hindu ascetic or religious teacher.
What is swami in Tamil?
Swami in Tamil is சுவாமி. See Swami meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is swami?
Swami is a noun.
How do you pronounce swami?
Swami is pronounced /ˈswɑːmi/.
What is the plural of swami?
The plural of swami is swamis.

Words near swami in the dictionary

  1. swam upstream
  2. swam with sharks
  3. swamboite
  4. swamee
  5. swamees
  6. swami
  7. swamies
  8. Swamigal
  9. Swaminarayan
  10. Swaminathan
  11. Swaminathans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: swami (page history and authors); swami (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); سوامی (Urdu) (page history and authors); স্বামী (Bengali) (page history and authors); swami (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); swami (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); swami (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); swami (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); swami (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); স্বামী (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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