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Yogi

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means a person who practices yoga, especially as a spiritual discipline
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Stage 1 of 2
yogin
Sanskrit · ancient
"a practitioner of yoga"
one who practices yoga, from yoga (union, discipline)
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Stage 2 of 2
yogi
English · 1820s
"a practitioner of yoga"
adopted directly for a practitioner of yoga or Hindu ascetic discipline
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