جی

Persian

Etymology

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒiː]

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

Readings
Dari reading?	jī

Particle

جی • (jī) (Dari)

1. (Dari, chiefly Kabul, otherwise rare) an honorific particle for certain professions

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “long live”). Cognate with Assamese জীউ (ziu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiː/

Particle

جی • (jī) (Hindi spelling जी)

1. (formal) used to show agreement - yes, correct

   Synonym: ہاں (hā̃)

   جی بالکل صحیح! ― jī bilkul sahīh! ― Yes, absolutely correct!

2. the honorific particle, usually appended to names (of any gender) and titles

   صاحب جی ― sāhib jī ― Master

Descendants

• → Dari: جی (jī)

Noun

جی • (jī) m (Hindi spelling जी)

1. 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

• “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

Etymology

From Urdu جی (jī).

Particle

جی (jī)

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

Pronoun

جی (jī)

1. what
2. something

Adjective

جی (jī)

1. some

Adverb

جی (jī)

1. some