different between goji vs gopi

English

Etymology

Marketing coinage, likely an altered pronunciation of Mandarin ?? (g?uq?). The earliest known usage in print was in a 1996 publication. The first usage in the LexisNexis database is a 2002 newspaper article. Wider usage began in 2003 and 2004.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?.d?i/

Noun

goji (plural goji)

1. A fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.

   Synonyms: goji berry, wolfberry

Usage notes

The UK Food Standards Agency notes: ‘[It has been] suggested that the name "goji" was originally applied only to the species L. [Lycium] chinensis and should not be used for L. barbarum. However, it appears that "goji" is widely understood in the UK to refer to the latter species […] .

References

Anagrams

• jigo

Japanese

Romanization

goji

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Portuguese

Noun

goji m (plural gojis)

1. goji; wolfberry (berry from plants of the genus Lycium)

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (gop?).

Noun

gopi (plural gopis)

1. (India) Any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 413:

     The gopis were, as usual, filling their pots with water on the banks of the Jamuna when the god with a thousand names took out a catapult and one by one broke the pots on their heads and ogled at the drenched ladies.

Related terms

• Gopinath

Anagrams

• GPIO

Rawang

Etymology

From Burmese ?????? (kauhpi), from English coffee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?(?).p?i?/

Noun

gopi

1. coffee.

Welsh

Noun

gopi

1. Soft mutation of copi.

Mutation