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Jī ((ヒンディー語:जी), , IAST: , ) 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.〔(Archiv Orientální, Volume 75 ), Československý orientální ústav v Praze, Orientální ústav (Československá akademie věd), 2007, ''... Artur Karp is concerned with the etymology of the honorific —ji, which belongs to the basic vocabulary of Hindi. Its etymology is unclear and the author points out several possibilities ...''〕 One suggestion is that it is a borrowing from an Austroasiatic language such as Sora.〔(Sora-English Dictionary ), Giḍugu Veṅkaṭarāmamūrti, Mittal Publications, 1986, ''... Is honorific -ji used in the neo-Aryan languages of India borrowed from Sora? ...''〕 Another is that the term means 'soul' or 'life' (similar to the ''jān'' suffix) and is derived from Sanskrit.〔(Perfecting Women: Maulana Ashraf ʻAlī Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar: a Partial Translation with Commentary ), Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī, Barbara Daly Metcalf, pp. 165, University of California Press, 1992, ISBN 9780520080935, ''... Seemingly used interchangeably, the terms qalb, dil, and ji are, respectively, Arabic, Persian, and Hindi in origin, the linguistic universalism suggesting the comprehensiveness the term "heart" is meant to convey; in all three cases, the meaning spills over to "self", "mind," and "soul" ...''〕
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