جی
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hindustani جی / जी (jī).
According to قاموس کبوتر افغانستان (kāmūs kabūtar afğānistān) the suffix gained prominence in Kabul due to the large volume of Pakistani and Indian service workers in the 1970s. Because of this, the suffix is only used after the titles of certain professions (e.g. حکیم (hakīm, “doctor”) > حکیمجی (hakīm-jī)) and is almost never used elsewhere.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Dari reading? | jī |
Particle[edit]
- (Dari, chiefly Kabul, otherwise rare) an honorific particle for certain professions
Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “long live”). Cognate with Assamese জীউ (ziu).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiː/
Particle[edit]
- (formal) used to show agreement - yes, correct
- Synonym: ہاں (hā̃)
- جی بالکل صحیح! ― jī bilkul sahīh! ― Yes, absolutely correct!
- the honorific particle, usually appended to names (of any gender) and titles
- صاحب جی ― sāhib jī ― Master
Descendants[edit]
- → Dari: جی (jī)
Noun[edit]
جی • (jī) m (Hindi spelling जी)
References[edit]
- “جی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
Ushojo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Particle[edit]
جی (jī)
Pronoun[edit]
جی (jī)
Adjective[edit]
جی (jī)
Adverb[edit]
جی (jī)
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