-ji

(Hindi: जी, Urdu: جی, IAST: , IPA: [dʒiː]) is an honorific used as a suffix in Hindustani and many other languages of the Indian subcontinent.

Its usage is similar, but not identical, to another subcontinental honorific, sāhab. Similar to the Japanese honorific -san, ji is gender-neutral and can be used for as a term of respect for inanimate objects as well.

Etymology

The origin of the ji honorific is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is a borrowing from an Austroasiatic language such as Sora. Another is that the term means 'soul' or 'life' (similar to the jān suffix) and is derived from Sanskrit.

Variant spellings

  • jee - Anglicised spelling, common in old publications.
  • jii - example: Anandamurtijii, founder of Ananda Marga.
  • jiew - example: Shankari Mai Jiew in Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi.
  • joo - example: Lakshman Joo of Kashmir.
  • jiu - example: Radha Raman Jiu temples in Bengal.
  • Usage

    Ji can mean respect:

  • With names, e.g. Nehruji, Abbas-ji, Gandhiji, Sant Ji or Mullah Ji
  • With inanimate objects of respect, e.g. Gangaji or Kailashji
  • Ji (Korean name)

    Ji, also spelled Jee, Chi, or Chee, is a Korean family name, as well as a popular element in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

    Family name

    As a family name, Ji may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "wisdom" (), and the other meaning "pond" (). Each has one bon-gwan: for the family name meaning "wisdom", Pongju Village, Pongsan County, North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea, and for the family name meaning "pond", Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do in what is today South Korea. The 2000 South Korean census found 147,572 people with this family name.

    In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 79.5% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Ji in their passports. Another 9.0% spelled it as Jee, and 8.5% as Chi. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 3.0%) included Gi, Chee, Je, and Jy.

    People with this family name include:

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