yogi

See also: Yogi and yōgi

Englisch

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 योगी (yogī), from Sanskrit योगिन् (yogin), from the verbal root yuj (class 7 present युनक्ति (yunakti, “to connect”)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈjəʊɡi/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊɡi/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -əʊɡi

Nomen

yogi (plural yogis)

1. (yoga) 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.

   • Gurdjieff connects this type of breathing with yogi breathing.
   • It's a yogi trick of some sort.

Related terms

• yogini

Translations

yoga practitioner

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: յոգ (hy) (yog)
• Breton: yogi (br) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑜伽士 (yújiāshì)

• Czech: jogín (cs) m
• Finnish: joogi (fi)
• French: yogi (fr) m
• Hindi: योगी (hi) m (yogī)
• Hungarian: jógi (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ヨギ (yogi)
• Marathi: योगी m (yogī)
• Polish: jogin m, joginka f
• Portuguese: yogi m or f, yogui m or f, iogui m or f
• Russian: йог (ru) m (jog)
• Spanish: yogui (es) m or f
• Swedish: yogi
• Turkish: yogi (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ.ɡi/

Nomen

yogi m (plural yogis)

1. (yoga) yogi.

Further reading

• “yogi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Japanese

Romanization

yogi

1. Rōmaji transcription of よぎ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヨギ

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• yogui, iogui

Nomen

1. (yoga) yogi (yoga practitioner)