yogi

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjəʊɡi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊɡi/
• Rhymes: -əʊɡi

Noun

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔ.ɡi/

Noun

yogi m (plural yogis)

1. (yoga) yogi.

Further reading

• “yogi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanization

yogi

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

Alternative forms

• yogui, iogui

Noun

yogi m, f (plural yogis)

1. (yoga) yogi (yoga practitioner)