swamin.

/ˈswɑːmiː/

Forms: Also 1700s swamme, swammy, sawmy, 1800s swamee, swamy, sammy.

Etymology: < Hindi swāmī master, lord, prince, used by Hindus as a term of respectful address, < Sanskrit svāmin in same senses, also the idol or temple of a god.

1. A Hindu idol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > worshipped by specific people

mumbo-jumbo1738

swami1773

zootype1883

1773 E. Ives Voy. India 70 Towards the upper end, there is a dark repository, where they keep their Swamme, that is their chief god.

1794 Indian Observer 167 The gold might for us as well have been worshipped in the shape of a Sawmy at Juggernaut.

1799 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 56 Some brass Swammies which were in the toshekanah were given to the brahmins of different pagodas.

1837 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) viii. 64 They admire our dolls so much, that they are almost ready to make Swamies of them.

1884 Sunday at Home June 397/1 A fourth [hut], the most pretentious and the best built, was consecrated to the swamie, or god.

2. A title for a Hindu religious teacher.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > preaching > catechesis > [noun] > one who performs

fatherOE

catechizerc1449

mystagoguec1540

oracle1548

catechist1564

guru1613

director1671

swami1901

1901 Daily News 2 Dec. 5/1 She was informed that the word Swami meant teacher.

1905 Missionary Rec. United Free Church Scotl. Feb. 9/2 A distinguished Swami or religious teacher visited Poona lately.

3. Applied to jewellery ornamented with figures of Hindu deities.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [adjective] > ornamented with specific design

Mizpah1880

swami1880

1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Industr. Arts India I. 152 In the characteristic swami work of the Madras Presidency the ornamentation consists of figures of the Puranic gods in high relief.

1882 B. M. Croker Proper Pride I. iv. 69 My gold swami earrings.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Swamy Jewelry, a kind of gold and silver jewelry, made chiefly at Trichinopoly, in European shapes covered with grotesque mythological figures.

Compounds

swamy-house n. an idol temple or shrine.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > heathen (general)

idol-temple1577

pagoda1582

pagody1588

swamy-house1778

adoratory1800

1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. 443 Until they came in a line with the flank fire of the field-pieces at the swamy house.

1837 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 134 In the middle of the court, round which these galleries of pillars ran, was the Swamy-house, or place in which the idol is enshrined.

1857 H. Greathed Lett. Siege Delhi (1858) 112 We met Wilby at the advanced post, the ‘Sammy House’.

swamy-pagoda n. now historical a coin formerly used in Madras (now Chennai).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Indian subcontinent

fanam1555

St. Thomas' coin1559

pardao1582

seraphin1582

chequina1587

pagody1588

pagoda1598

tanga1598

mahmudi1612

rupee1612

mohur1614

tola1614

lakh1615

picec1617

sicca rupee1619

rupee1678

anna1680

cash1711

R1711

star pagoda1741

pie1756

sicca1757

dam1781

dub1781

hun1807

swamy-pagoda1813

chick1842

re1856

paisa1884

naya paisa1956

poisha1974

1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. 7 The Madras, or 3 Swamy pagoda, is 20⅔ carats fine.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 884/1 Swamy-pagoda, a coin formerly current at Madras; probably so-called from the figure of an idol on it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	swami
释义	swamin. /ˈswɑːmiː/ Forms: Also 1700s swamme, swammy, sawmy, 1800s swamee, swamy, sammy. Etymology: < Hindi swāmī master, lord, prince, used by Hindus as a term of respectful address, < Sanskrit svāmin in same senses, also the idol or temple of a god. 1. A Hindu idol. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > worshipped by specific people mumbo-jumbo1738 swami1773 zootype1883 1773 E. Ives Voy. India 70 Towards the upper end, there is a dark repository, where they keep their Swamme, that is their chief god. 1794 Indian Observer 167 The gold might for us as well have been worshipped in the shape of a Sawmy at Juggernaut. 1799 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 56 Some brass Swammies which were in the toshekanah were given to the brahmins of different pagodas. 1837 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) viii. 64 They admire our dolls so much, that they are almost ready to make Swamies of them. 1884 Sunday at Home June 397/1 A fourth [hut], the most pretentious and the best built, was consecrated to the swamie, or god. 2. A title for a Hindu religious teacher. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > catechesis > [noun] > one who performs fatherOE catechizerc1449 mystagoguec1540 oracle1548 catechist1564 guru1613 director1671 swami1901 1901 Daily News 2 Dec. 5/1 She was informed that the word Swami meant teacher. 1905 Missionary Rec. United Free Church Scotl. Feb. 9/2 A distinguished Swami or religious teacher visited Poona lately. 3. Applied to jewellery ornamented with figures of Hindu deities. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [adjective] > ornamented with specific design Mizpah1880 swami1880 1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Industr. Arts India I. 152 In the characteristic swami work of the Madras Presidency the ornamentation consists of figures of the Puranic gods in high relief. 1882 B. M. Croker Proper Pride I. iv. 69 My gold swami earrings. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Swamy Jewelry, a kind of gold and silver jewelry, made chiefly at Trichinopoly, in European shapes covered with grotesque mythological figures. Compounds swamy-house n. an idol temple or shrine. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > heathen (general) idol-temple1577 pagoda1582 pagody1588 swamy-house1778 adoratory1800 1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. 443 Until they came in a line with the flank fire of the field-pieces at the swamy house. 1837 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 134 In the middle of the court, round which these galleries of pillars ran, was the Swamy-house, or place in which the idol is enshrined. 1857 H. Greathed Lett. Siege Delhi (1858) 112 We met Wilby at the advanced post, the ‘Sammy House’. swamy-pagoda n. now historical a coin formerly used in Madras (now Chennai). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Indian subcontinent fanam1555 St. Thomas' coin1559 pardao1582 seraphin1582 chequina1587 pagody1588 pagoda1598 tanga1598 mahmudi1612 rupee1612 mohur1614 tola1614 lakh1615 picec1617 sicca rupee1619 rupee1678 anna1680 cash1711 R1711 star pagoda1741 pie1756 sicca1757 dam1781 dub1781 hun1807 swamy-pagoda1813 chick1842 re1856 paisa1884 naya paisa1956 poisha1974 1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. 7 The Madras, or 3 Swamy pagoda, is 20⅔ carats fine. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 884/1 Swamy-pagoda, a coin formerly current at Madras; probably so-called from the figure of an idol on it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1773
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