తీర్థకాకి

Telugu

Etymology

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

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.

Synonyms

• తీర్థకాకము (tīrthakākamu)