yogi

See also Yogi

English

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Alternative forms

• ioggue [17th c.], iogue [17th c.], jogue [17th-19th c.], jougie [18th c.], joguey [18th c.], jogee [19th c.], jogi [19th c.], yoguee [19th c.], yogue [19th c.], yogee [19th c.], yogin [from 19th c.]

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈjəʊɡi/
• Rhymes: -əʊɡi

Noun

yogi (plural yogis)

1. A devotee or adherent of yoga. [from 17th c.]
   • 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage 2010, p. 30:

     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.

   • 2012, Lisa Allardice, The Guardian, 30 Mar 2012:

     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.

Related terms

• yogini

Translations

yoga practitioner

• Armenian: յոգ (hy) (yog) 
• Breton: yogi (br) m
• Czech: jogín (cs) m
• French: yogi (fr) m

• Hungarian: jógi (hu)
• Marathi: योगी (mr) (yogī) m
• Russian: йог (ru) m (jog)
• Turkish: yogi (tr)

Adjective

yogi (not comparable)

1. Attributive form of yogi

   Gurdjieff connects this type of breathing with yogi breathing.

   It's a yogi trick of some sort.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɔ.ɡi/

Noun

yogi m (plural yogis)

1. yogi.