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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).

• Yoga

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɡə
• Hyphenation: yo‧ga

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.

Borrowed from Chamorro yoga.

• joga

yoga (uncountable)

1. The tree Elaeocarpus joga.

   Synonym: yoga tree

   • 2002, “Pests of Elaeocarpus joga in Guam”, in Micronesica, volume 34, number 2, page 109:

     A mealybug, Pseudococcus nr. microadonidum Beardsley (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) has been found feeding on the foliage of E. joga. This mealybug was sometimes found in the domatia of yoga leaves. It has been recorded on coconut, banana, and pandanus from Kiribati, Pohnpei, and Marshall Islands. This insect is a new record on yoga and for Guam.

• Gayo, Goya, gayo, goya

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoɡa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: yo‧ga

yoga m (uncountable)

1. yoga (a Hindu discipline)

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjoːɡ̊a]

yoga

1. yoga

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoː.ɣaː/

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• Hyphenation: yo‧ga

yoga m (uncountable)

1. yoga

• yogaën
• yogaleraar
• yogales
• yogi
• yogisch

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”).

• IPA^(key): /jo.ɡa/

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yoga m (uncountable)

1. yoga

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

Ultimately from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈjoɡa/ [ˈjo.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: yo‧ga

yoga (plural yoga-yoga)

1. yoga

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

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

yoga m (invariable)

1. yoga

• yogico

yoga

1. Rōmaji transcription of ヨガ

yoga

1. romanization of ꦪꦺꦴꦒ

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.

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

• yogi

• “yoga” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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.

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

• yogi

• “yoga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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

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

• > Javanese: ꦪꦺꦴꦒ (yoga) (inherited)

Unadapted borrowing from English yoga or French yoga.

yoga f (uncountable)

1. yoga

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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.

• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: yo‧ga

yoga m (plural yogas)

1. yoga

• “yoga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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

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yoga class IX (plural yoga class X)

1. yoga

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”).

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

yoga (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜄ)

1. yoga

• agoy, yago

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.

yoga (definite accusative yogayı, plural yogalar)

1. yoga