yoga

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English

Wikiversity

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”) (whence also yoke).

Alternative forms

• Yoga

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/
• Rhymes: -əʊɡə

Noun

yoga (countable and uncountable, plural yogas)

1. Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chamorro yoga.

Alternative forms

• joga

Noun

yoga (uncountable)

1. The tree Elaeocarpus joga.

   Synonym: yoga tree

Anagrams

• Gayo, Goya, gayo, goya

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoɡa/, [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ɣ̞a]

Noun

yoga m (uncountable)

1. yoga (a Hindu discipline)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjoːɡ̊a]

Noun

yoga

1. yoga

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit योग (yoga). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoː.ɣaː/
• Hyphenation: yo‧ga

Noun

yoga m (uncountable)

1. yoga

Derived terms

• yogaën
• yogi
• yogisch

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo.ɡa/

Noun

yoga m (uncountable)

1. yoga

Related terms

Further reading

• “yoga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Noun

yoga (first-person possessive yogaku, second-person possessive yogamu, third-person possessive yoganya)

1. yoga

Italian

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Sanskrit योग (yoga, “yoking, union”). Near-doublet of giogo (“yoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Hyphenation: yò‧ga

Noun

yoga m (invariable)

1. yoga

Derived terms

• yogico

Japanese

Romanization

yoga

1. Rōmaji transcription of ヨガ

Javanese

Romanization

yoga

1. Romanization of ꦪꦺꦴꦒ

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”). Doublet of åk.

Noun

yoga m (definite singular yogaen, indefinite plural yogaer, definite plural yogaene)

1. yoga
2. disciplines and exercises based on yoga, but removed from the philosophical system

See also

• yogi

References

• “yoga” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”). Doublet of åk.

Noun

yoga m (definite singular yogaen, indefinite plural yogaer or yogaar, definite plural yogaene or yogaane)

1. yoga
2. disciplines and exercises based on yoga, but removed from the philosophical system

See also

• yogi

References

• “yoga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yoga, “meditation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɡa
• Hyphenation: yo‧ga

Noun

yoga

1. exertion
2. endeavour
3. method or practice of mental concentration or penance (to control the senses, arrest the fluctuations (wṛtti) of the mind (citta)
4. obtain supernatural power
5. achieve union with the deity or liberation

Derived terms

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦪꦺꦴꦒ (yoga) (inherited)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English yoga or French yoga.

Noun

yoga f (uncountable)

1. yoga

Declension

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”). Doublet of yugo.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: yo‧ga

Noun

yoga m (plural yogas)

1. yoga

Further reading

• “yoga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

yoga (n class, plural yoga)

1. yoga

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjoɡa/ [ˈjoː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: yo‧ga

Noun

yoga (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜄ)

1. yoga

Anagrams

• agoy, yago

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یوغا (yoga), from English yoga, from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”). Doublet of yek.

Noun

yoga (definite accusative yogayı, plural yogalar)

1. yoga