جي

See also: جئ, چی, خی, حي, and جٍي

Sindhi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑe]

Postposition

جي • (je) (Devanagari जे)

1. oblique masculine singular of جو (jo)
2. oblique masculine plural of جو (jo)

   Synonym: جن (jani)

3. oblique feminine singular of جو (jo)

   Synonym: جي (jia)

4. oblique feminine plural of جو (jo)

   Synonym: جن (juni)

Postposition

جي • (jī) (Devanagari जी)

1. direct/vocative feminine singular of جو (jo)

Postposition

جي • (jia) (Devanagari जिअ)

1. oblique feminine singular of جو (jo)

   Synonym: جي (je)

References

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “جي”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• Trumpp, Ernest (1872), Grammar Of The Sindhi Language‎^[1], London, United Kingdom: Order of Her Majesty's Government for India, page 129

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـجی (-ci).

Suffix

ـجي • (-ji) m (feminine ـجيّة (-jiyye), plural ـجيّة (-jiyye))

1. Forms nouns referring to occupations.

   ‎دكّان (dukkān, “shop”) + ‎ـجي (-ji) → ‎دكّانجي (dukkanji, “shopkeeper”)

   ‎كهربا (kahraba, “electricity”) + ‎ـجي (-ji) → ‎كهربجي (kahrabji, “electrician”)

2. Forms adjectives indicating a character trait.

   ‎حكى (ḥaka, “to talk”) + ‎ـجي (-ji) → ‎حكوجي (ḥakwaji, “talkative”)

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic terms suffixed with جي

حكوجي

خضرجي

دكانجي

قمرجي

كندرجي

كهربجي

نسوانجي