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-ji

/ -dziː /

suffix

  1. a suffix placed after a person's name or title as a mark of respect


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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ji1

Hindi

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Example Sentences

I think of those timeless truths Goenka-ji spent his life counseling.

I met Goenka-ji in January 1971, when I entered a 10-day intensive meditation retreat he guided.

While for some devotees there was no matter too trivial on which to consult him—“Swami Ji, should I cut my hair?”

She just yelled at me and told me I had to go work things out with Swami Ji.

In April, I met in Manhattan with Swami Nikhilanand Ji, a JKP preacher who studied at Barsana Dham.

One of these copies was presented to the Emperor and a second is preserved in the temple, Senyu-ji, Kyoto.

Amphibology, am-fib-ol′o-ji, n. the use of ambiguous phrases or such as can be construed in two senses.

Pantophagy, pan-tof′a-ji, n. morbid hunger for all kinds of food.

Pantology, pan-tol′o-ji, n. universal knowledge: a view of all branches of knowledge: a book of universal information.

Pyrargyrite, pī-rar′ji-rīt, n. an ore of silver consisting of the sulphide of silver and antimony.

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