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yo⋅gi

[yoh-gee]
–noun, plural -gis [-geez] .
a person who practices yoga.
Also, yo⋅gin [yoh-gin] .


Origin:
1610–20; < Skt yogī, nom. sing. of yogin, deriv. of yoga yoga

Ber⋅ra

[ber-uh]
–noun
Lawrence Peter (“Yogi”), born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
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yo·gi   (yō'gē)   
n.   pl. yo·gis
One who practices yoga.

[Hindi yogī, from Sanskrit, from yogaḥ, union; see yoga.]
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Word Origin & History

yogi 
"one who practices yoga," 1619, from Hindi yogi, from Skt. yoga- (see yoga).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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