جي

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• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑe]

جي • (je) (Devanagari जे)

1. of

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “جي”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـجی (-ci).

ـجي • (-ji) m (feminine ـجيّة (-jiyye), plural ـجيّة (-jiyye))

1. Forms nouns referring to occupations.

   ‎دكّان (dukkān, “shop”) + ‎ـجي (-ji) → ‎دكّانجي (dukkanji, “shopkeeper”)

   ‎كهربا (kahraba, “electricity”) + ‎ـجي (-ji) → ‎كهربجي (kahrabji, “electrician”)

2. Forms adjectives indicating a character trait.

   ‎حكى (ḥaka, “to talk”) + ‎ـجي (-ji) → ‎حكوجي (ḥakwaji, “talkative”)