جی

Persian edit

Etymology edit

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. (hakīm, “doctor”) > (hakīm-jī)) and is almost never used elsewhere.

Pronunciation edit

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒi]

Readings

Dari reading^?	jī

Particle edit

جی • (jī) (Dari)

(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

جی • (jī) (Hindi spelling जी)

(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)

heart, mind (in the figurative, not anatomical, sense)
Synonyms: دل (dil), من (man)

اُس کی محبت نے میرا جی للچایا۔
us kī muhabbat ne merā jī lalcāyā
My heart was allured by their love.

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

From Urdu جی (jī).

Particle edit

جی (jī)

(formal) used to show agreement - yes, correct
what

Pronoun edit

جی (jī)

Adjective edit

جی (jī)

some

Adverb edit

جی (jī)

some