As a Hindi name
याजि · noun · masculine
यज्ञ करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a sacrifice, Sch.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yāji" is the locative of "yāj" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
yāji f. a sacrifice, Pāṇ. iii, 3, 110, Sch.
yāji m. = yaṣṭṛ, a sacrificer, Uṇ. iv, 124.
yāji m. (-jiḥ) A sacrificer, an institutor of sacrificial ceremonies. E. yaja to sacrifice, Uṇādi aff. iñ.
yāj m. (√ 1. yaj; nom. yāṭ) a sacrificer, BhP. (cf. hayamedha-yāj).
Alternative readings
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