جوگی

See also: چوکی

Persian

Alternative forms

• یوگی (yugi)

Etymology

Probably from Middle Persian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ɡiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ɡiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ɡiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒoː.ɡiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒu.ɡi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː.ɡʲiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɵ.ɡi]

Readings
Classical reading?	jōgī
Dari reading?	jōgī
Iranian reading?	jugi
Tajik reading?	jügi

Noun

Dari	جوگی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷӯгӣ

جوگی • (jugi)

1. yogi
2. an Indian religious mendicant

Punjabi

Adjective

جوگی • (jogī)

1. feminine singular of جوگا (jogā)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit योगिन् (yogin). Compare Punjabi ਜੋਗੀ (jogī), Bengali যোগী (jōgi), Marathi जोगी (jogī). Equivalent to جوگ (jog, “lit. union [with God], monastic renunciation, asceticism”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː.ɡiː/

Noun

جوگی • (jogī) m (Hindi spelling जोगी)

1. devotee
2. ascetic, hermit
3. (colloquial) an itinerant conjurer or snake charmer similar to a gypsy (probably due to the popular association of supernatural or miraculous powers with Sufi monks)

Declension

Declension of جوگی

	singular	plural
direct	جوگی (jogī)	جوگی (jogī)
oblique	جوگی (jogī)	جوگِیوں (jogiyõ)
vocative	جوگی (jogī)	جوگِیو (jogiyo)

Synonyms

• (devotee, ascetic): مجاور (mujāvir, mujāvar)

Coordinate terms

راہب (rāhib), قلندر (qalandar)

Derived terms

• جوگی بنانا (jogī banānā)

Related terms

• جوگن (jogan, “female ascetic”)

References

• “جوگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Ushojo

Noun

جوگی (jōgī)

1. magician, sorcerer, wizard

   Synonym: جادوگر (jādōgar)