gyani

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ज्ञानी (jñānī), from Sanskrit ज्ञानी (jñānī). Distantly related to know.

Noun

gyani (plural gyanis)

1. A knowledgeable or wise person; sage, saint.
   • 2011, Khavita Bhanot, Too Asian, not Asian enough‎^[1], Birmingham: Tindal Street, →ISBN, →OCLC, →ISBN:

     He made friends with the pandits and gyanis and would sit with them for hours.

   • 2002, Prakashanand Saraswati, The True History and the Religion of India: A Concise Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism‎^[2], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 167, →ISBN:

     There is an abode called mah lok where highly evolved gyanis and yogis go but they are again reborn on the earth planet.

2. (Sikhism) Alternative spelling of giani.
   • 1993, Gerald Parsons, The Growth of Religious Diversity: Britain in 1945‎^[3], London: Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 234, →ISBN:

     The title given to the person who can read and interpret is gyani, a word which has its roots in the Sanskrit word for ‘wisdom’. A gyani also sings kirtan, devotional songs which again impart religious and moral teaching. A gyani is not a priest but a teacher; […]

Adjective

gyani (comparative more gyani, superlative most gyani)

1. Knowledgeable, wise, intelligent.
   • 2021 June 22, “"Gyani Baba Dishing Out...": Smriti Irani Slams Rahul Gandhi Over Covid”, in NDTV.com‎^[4]:

     New Delhi: Shortly after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's searing criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre's handling of the Covid second wave, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday mocked him as a "gyani baba (wise monk)" who is "dishing out pearls of wisdom" to others while not introspecting why states ruled by his own party fared poorly.

   • 2019 January 1, Ravi Sachan, Sales Ka Sikandar: 3 steps to unstick yourself‎^[5], New Delhi: Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, →ISBN:

     Knowing every damn thing that's going on in the world, being super intelligent, being the most gyani baba and being financially broke! What a joke! And most people are like that.

   • 2019 April 2, DNA Web Team, “Rahul Gandhi aka Raul Vinci has four passports, has a chapel at home: Subramanian Swamy”, in DNA India‎^[6]:

     According to Swamy, Rahul is not Gyani, i.e knowledgable as he has failed in many exams.