yogi

/ˈjəʊɡi/US/ˈjoʊɡi/

yogi noun: a devotee or adherent of yoga.

Noun (1)

yogi (plural yogis)

(yoga) A devotee or adherent of yoga.
- To this day, yogins find that these disciplines, which have measurable physical and neurological effects, evoke a sense of calm, harmony and equanimity that is comparable to the effect of music.2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 30
- There is a special healthy menu, and the yogis can all eat together if they choose, but there's none of the birdseed-and-bulgur-wheat diet of a typical retreat.2012 March 30, Lisa Allardice, The Guardian

Verb (1)

yogi (third-person singular simple present yogis, present participle yogi-ing, simple past and past participle yogied)

(informal, transitive) To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga.
- You do not even need to be psychoanalyzed, Rolfed, estered, altered, gelded, neutered, spayed, fixed, Mooned, acupunctured, meditated, Zenned, massaged, Cayced, yogied, New Aged, astrocharted, holisticized, computerized, megatrended, therapized, androgynized, evangelized, converted, or even, last...1954, Edward Abbey, Slumgullion stew: an Edward Abbey reader, page xiv
- I meet hundreds of people each year who have been New Thoughted, Mind Scienced, Eckankared, Rosicrucianed, l Amed, White Brotherhooded, Scientologied and, yes, even yogied — to the point of mental numbness.1971, Roy Eugene Davis, Darshan: the vision of light, page 190

Verb (2)

yogi (third-person singular simple present yogis, present participle yogi-ing, simple past and past participle yogied)

(US, thru-hiker slang) To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging.
- Ready to do some hiking now that we are through yogi-ing? I asked, grinning at Map Man. The hikers looked up at me quizzically, but Map Man knew yogi-ing meant the good natured way thru-hikers ask for food without actually begging.1999, Ellen Wolfe, Walking the dream, →ISBN, page 138
- Late in the afternoon, I came to a shady spot where there was a picnic table—a rare luxury on the trail. As I approached, I saw that there was a peach on top of the table and beneath it a note. Cheryl! We yogied this from day hikers for you. Enjoy! Sam and Helen2012, Cheryl Strayed, Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found, →ISBN

Adjective capitalized: Yogi

Yogi (not comparable)

Alternative letter-case form of yogi.
- In this picture he is performing his famous Yogi trick of swallowing a package of needles and some thread and extracting the needles threaded.
- I garaged the car and went to Aunt Dahlia's sanctum to ascertain whether she had cooled off at all since I had left her, for I was still anxious about that blood pressure of hers. One doesn't want aunts going up in a sheet of flame all over the place. She wasn't there, having, I learned later...1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC

Noun (2) capitalized: Yogi

Yogi (plural Yogis)

Alternative letter-case form of yogi.
- Whoever has not abandoned desire for fruits of action and still have self-centered objectives can never become a Yogi or a practitioner of spiritual communion through work.

yogi meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

yogi in Hindi

yoga practitioner: योगी yogī

yogi in Tamil

யோகி

yogi in Marathi

yoga practitioner: योगी yogī

yogi in Urdu

یوگی, یوگّی

More languagesFewer languages

yogi in Bengali: যোগী, যোগি, যোগীকে
yogi in Telugu: యోగి, యోగీ
yogi in Malayalam: യോഗി yōgi
yogi in Kannada: ಯೋಗಿ, ಯೋಗೀ
yogi in Punjabi: ਯੋਗੀ yogī
yogi in Gujarati: યોગી, યોગીને
yogi in Odia: ଯୋଗୀ
yogi in Nepali: योगी
yogi in Thai: โยคี yoo-kii

Examples of yogi in a sentence

Gurdjieff connects this type of breathing with yogi breathing.
It's a yogi trick of some sort.
He had followed Larry faithfully for two days, getting yelled at and grieved over and yogied into a pretzel and fucked over by all sorts of weirdoes who seemed to find him a nice object to act on.2015, Luke Rhinehart, The Search for the Dice Man, →ISBN, page 192:
You can also yogi food from other hikers and tourists.2013, Dan Feldman, Long-Distance Hiking, →ISBN, page 96:

All 13 example sentences with yogi

Forms of yogi

Noun
plural	yogis
alternative form	ioggue
alternative form	iogue
alternative form	jogue
alternative form	jougie
alternative form	joguey
alternative form	jogee
alternative form	jogi
alternative form	yoguee
alternative form	yogue
alternative form	yogee
alternative form	yogin
alternative form	yoghi
alternative form	yoghee
alternative form	joghi
alternative form	joghee
plural	Yogis
Verb
third-person singular present	yogis
present participle	yogi-ing
past participle	yogied

Plural of yogi: yogis

Origin of yogi

From Hindi योगी (yogī), from Sanskrit योगिन् (yogin), from the verbal root yuj (class 7 present युनक्ति (yunakti, “to connect”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

From the cartoon character, Yogi Bear, who was known for conning tourists out of their picnics.

Words that rhyme with yogi

Questions about yogi

What does yogi mean?: Yogi means a devotee or adherent of yoga.
What is yogi in Hindi?: Yogi in Hindi is योगी (yogī). See Yogi meaning in Hindi.
How do you use yogi in a sentence?: Gurdjieff connects this type of breathing with yogi breathing.
What part of speech is yogi?: Yogi can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce yogi?: Yogi is pronounced /ˈjəʊɡi/ (UK).
What is the plural of yogi?: The plural of yogi is yogis.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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