Yoga

English

Noun

Yoga (plural Yogas)

1. Any of several Hindu discipline 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

• yogic

Thesaurus

anagoge, anagogics, anthroposophy, athletics, breather, cabala, cabalism, calisthenics, constitutional, daily dozen, drill, esotericism, esoterics, esoterism, esotery, exercise, exercising, gymnastic exercises, gymnastics, hocus-pocus, isometrics, mumbo jumbo, mystery, mysticism, mystification, occultism, physical education, physical jerks, practice, setting-up exercises, stretch, symbolics, symbolism, workout, yogeeism, yogism

Alternative forms

• Yoga

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊɡə

Etymology

From Sanskrit योग (yoga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join”) (whence also English yoke).

Translations

a Hindu discipline

Arabic: يوغا (ar) (yuugha) f. Armenian: յոգա (hy) (yoga) Belarusian: йога (be) (jóha) f. Bulgarian: йога (bg) (jóga) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 瑜伽 (cmn) (yújiā), 瑜伽功 (cmn) (yújiā-gōng) Czech: jóga (cs) f. Esperanto: jogo (eo) Estonian: jooga (et) Finnish: jooga (fi) French: yoga (fr) m. Georgian: იოგა (ka) (ioga) German: Yoga (de) m. and n. Greek: γιόγκα (el) Gujarati: યોગ (gu) Hebrew: יוגה (he) Hindi: योग (hi) (yōga) Hungarian: jóga (hu) Italian: yoga (it) Japanese: ヨガ (ja) (yoga), ヨーガ (ja) (yōga) Kannada: ಯೋಗ (kn)

Korean: 요가 (ko) (yoga) Macedonian: јога (mk) (jóga) f. Malayalam: യോഗം (ml) Marathi: योग (mr) Persian: یوگا (fa) Portuguese: ioga (pt) Russian: йога (ru) (jóga) f. Sanskrit: योग (sa) (yóga) m. Scottish Gaelic: iòga (gd) f. Serbo-Croatian: јога (sh) f., joga (sh) f. Sinhalese: යෝග (si) Slovak: joga (sk) f. Slovene: joga (sl) f. Spanish: yoga (es) m. Swedish: yoga (sv) c. Tamil: யோகக் கலை (ta) Telugu: యోగా (te) Thai: โยคะ (th) (yoh-ká) Turkish: yoga (tr) Ukrainian: йога (uk) (jóha) f. Yiddish: יאגא (yi)

Anagrams

• gayo, Gayo
• yago

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French

Noun

Yoga m. (usually uncountable)

1. yoga

Etymology

From Sanskrit

Pronunciation

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German

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Yoga

Noun

Yoga n. m. (genitive Yogas, no plural</span>)

1. yoga (a Hindu discipline)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjoːɡa/

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Italian

Noun

yoga m. (plural yoga)

1. yoga