-जीवी

Hindi

Etymology

जीवी (jīvī, “living on, living off, living by means of”) used in compounds.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiː.ʋiː/

Suffix

-जीवी • (-jīvī) m (Urdu spelling ۔جِیوِی)

  1. forms nouns and adjectives: living on, living off, living by means of
    ‎बुद्धि (buddhi, “intellect, intelligence”) + ‎-जीवी (-jīvī) → ‎बुद्धिजीवी (buddhijīvī, “intellectual”)
    ‎मसि (masi, “ink”) + ‎-जीवी (-jīvī) → ‎मसिजीवी (masijīvī, “writer”)
    ‎पर (par, “other, foreign, alien”) + ‎-जीवी (-jīvī) → ‎परजीवी (parjīvī, “parasite”)

Declension

Declension of -जीवी (masc ī-stem)
singular plural
direct -जीवी
-jīvī 		-जीवी
-jīvī
oblique -जीवी
-jīvī 		-जीवियों
-jīviyõ
vocative -जीवी
-jīvī 		-जीवियो
-jīviyo

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -जीवी
आंदोलनजीवी
परजीवी
बुद्धिजीवी
मसिजीवी
श्रमजीवी

References

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