Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jodi

/dʒˈoʊdi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: jo-di
IPA: /dʒˈoʊdi/

12

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Jody in its female senses.

noun

couple, duo, pair

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"The baby has a name at last, I suppose if it had been left much longer Vinny, the Keeper of Cat Names, would have ended up christening it Tibbles or something. Although Tibbles might suit it better than the new-fashioned name it's been given - Jodi."
"Just over five years after coming together at the top of the Indian lineup, they already boast among the greatest-ever numbers for an opening partnership in the format. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, to many, in particular in India, are the ‘Jodi No. 1’ of the 2010s..."
"For the last seven years, they have been projected as India’s political jodi number one."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yewg- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *yugtós Sanskrit युक्त (yukta) Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (jutta)denom. Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀟𑁂𑀇 (joḍei)deverb. Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀟 (joḍa) Hindi जोड़ी (joṛī)bor. English jodi Borrowed from Hindi जोड़ी (joṛī) or Marathi जोडी (joḍī); possibly through Bollywood.

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: जोड़ी, जोडी

Usage

Indian usage

Homonyms

jodie

Rhymes With

modi cody brody jody jodie bodie roadie coady bodi mody rodi parodi

Questions

How do you pronounce jodi?: The recorded pronunciation is /dʒˈoʊdi/.
What does jodi mean?: Alternative form of Jody in its female senses.
Where does jodi come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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