swami

1. 1.

   a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect

   BroaderHindu

Other forms of swami

plural

swamies

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about swami

What does swami mean?

swami means "a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect".

How many syllables are in swami?

swami has 2 syllables: swa-mi. The stress falls on "swa". In IPA it is /ˈswɑmi/.

Is swami a common word?

swami is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.