Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records yogin with the sense “practitioner of yoga”. Yogin is the Sanskrit word behind the vernacular form Jogi. The dictionary gives a practitioner sense, while the written forms जोगी and જોગી reflect the regional initial consonant. The meaning is part of the older word for practice. A surname spelling alone does not demonstrate anyone’s training or personal practice. The two forms keep different initial consonants.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword yogin, page 857, column 3, entry L172683

Literal dictionary sense

yogin: Practitioner of yoga.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword yogin, page 857, column 3, entry L172683

Native-script forms

जोगी · Devanagariજોગી · Gujaratiਜੋਗੀ · Gurmukhi

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