-i suffix forming adjectives of or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East: Iraqi; Bangladeshi. [from an adjectival suffix in Semitic and in Indo-Iranian languages]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014