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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa जिय (jiya), from Prakrit जिअ (jia), जीअ (jīa), from Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “living being, soul”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-जी • (-jī)
- Honorific suffix or postposition used with a name or a title to show respect.
- हनुमान् जी ― hanumān jī ― Lord Hanuman
- बुआ जी ― buā jī ― aunt
- गुरुजी ― gurujī ― teacher, sir
- शर्मा जी ― śarmā jī ― Mr. Sharma
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