A swami is a Hindu ascetic honoured with a title of respect. A visiting swami, the swami's teaching, follow the swami.
The title goes after the name rather than before it, which is the opposite of most English honorifics. The Sanskrit means master or owner, in the sense of somebody who has mastered themselves rather than anybody else.
1nounswamiA Hindu ascetic or yogi honoured with a title of respect.
“The swami sat cross-legged on the floor and taught his students to meditate.”
swami is a title.
Hindi swami comes from Sanskrit svamin, a master or owner.
Sanskrit
स्वामिन्
Hindi
स्वामी
English, today
swami
Borrowed from Hindi स्वामी, from Sanskrit स्वामिन्.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA