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-ji

-ji suffix: an honorific conveying respect.

Suffix

-ji

  1. (India) An honorific conveying respect.
    • It’s not just a pleasure but an express honor to to be sharing the stage with Sadhguruji, and I would like to thank the organizers, the entire team, Kavithaji, especially Sadhguruji, for not knowing that I’m always invited only once to any gathering unless he writes another book.2026, Sadhguru, 2:23 from the start, in Science, Spirituality & the Limits of Human Intellect – Dr. Anand Ranganathan & Sadhguru, spoken by Anand Ranganathan, retrieved 16 Aug 2026

Origin of -ji

From a suffix found in various languages of the Indian subcontinent, e.g. Hindi -जी (-jī), Punjabi -ਜੀ (-jī), etc.

Questions about -ji

What does -ji mean?
-ji means an honorific conveying respect.
What part of speech is -ji?
-ji is a suffix.

Words near -ji in the dictionary

  1. -izing
  2. -izz-
  3. -izzle
  4. -izzy
  5. -ja
  6. -ji
  7. -k
  8. -k-
  9. -kacin
  10. -kai-
  11. -ki-

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