తీర్థకాకి

Telugu edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

తీర్థకాకి • (tīrthakāki) ? (plural తీర్థకాకులు)

(literary) a crow in a sacred bathing place.
a greedy person who haunts holy places and lives by fleecing pilgrims.

Synonyms edit

తీర్థకాకము (tīrthakākamu)