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English
Etymology
From a suffix found in various languages of the Indian subcontinent, e.g. Hindi -जी (-jī).
Suffix
-ji
- (India) An honorific conveying respect.
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Dongxiang
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ji
- suffix added to Chinese monosyllabic borrowed verbs ending in nasals in order to adopt them.
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See also
Japanese
Romanization
-ji
- Rōmaji transcription of じ
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
IPA(key): /jiː/
Suffix
-jī (Cyrillic spelling -јӣ)
- added to nouns to form a relational adjective
- Synonyms: -skī, -nī
- bȏg + -ji → bȍžjī
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