DictionaryRoot: yogi
Hindi

yogi

ascetic practicing yoga

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Older practitioner meditates on woven mat.
noun

yogi

YOH-gee/ˈjəʊɡi/

A person who practices yoga as a physical or spiritual discipline.

Etymology

Hindi yogi denotes an ascetic practicing yoga through meditation and austerity. That association explains why the word especially suggests a practitioner devoted to spiritual discipline.

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