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yoga

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊɡə
  • CMU ARPABET: Y OW1 G AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

One of the six schools of Hindu philosophy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hinduism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The tree Elaeocarpus joga.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yoga tree

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of yoga.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout

Narrower terms: hatha yoga

6

noun

Meaning 6

Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Hinduism, Hindooism

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yewg- Proto-Indo-European *yówg-os Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas Sanskrit योग॑ (yóga)bor. English 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”) (whence also yoke).

Borrowed from Chamorro yoga.

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: joga — Hindu discipline
  • Arabic: يُوغَا (yūḡā) — Hindu discipline
  • Arabic: يُوجَا (yūjā) — Hindu discipline
  • Arabic: يُوجَا (yūgā) — Hindu discipline
  • Armenian: յոգա (yoga) — Hindu discipline
  • Assamese: যোগ (züg) — Hindu discipline
  • Asturian: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Azerbaijani: yoqa — Hindu discipline
  • Belarusian: ёга (jóha) — Hindu discipline
  • Bengali: যোগ (jōg) — Hindu discipline
  • Bulgarian: йо́га (jóga) — Hindu discipline
  • Burmese: ယောဂ (yau:ga.) — Hindu discipline
  • Carpathian Rusyn: йо́ґа (jóga) — Hindu discipline
  • Catalan: ioga — Hindu discipline
  • Cherokee: ᏲᎦ (yoga) — Hindu discipline
  • Chinese Cantonese: 瑜伽 (jyu4 gaa1) — Hindu discipline
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瑜伽 (yújiā) — Hindu discipline
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瑜伽功 (yújiāgōng) — Hindu discipline
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瑜伽術 /瑜伽术 (yújiāshù) — Hindu discipline
  • Czech: jóga — Hindu discipline
  • Danish: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Dutch: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Esperanto: jogo — Hindu discipline
  • Estonian: jooga — Hindu discipline
  • Faroese: joga — Hindu discipline
  • Finnish: jooga — Hindu discipline
  • French: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Galician: ioga — Hindu discipline
  • Georgian: იოგა (ioga) — Hindu discipline
  • German: Yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Greek: γιόγκα (giógka) — Hindu discipline
  • Gujarati: યોગ (yog) — Hindu discipline
  • Hebrew: יוֹגָה (yoga) — Hindu discipline
  • Hindi: योग (yog) — Hindu discipline
  • Hungarian: jóga — Hindu discipline
  • Hungarian: jógázás — Hindu discipline
  • Icelandic: jóga — Hindu discipline
  • Indonesian: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Irish: ióga — Hindu discipline
  • Italian: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Japanese: ヨーガ (yōga) — Hindu discipline
  • Japanese: ヨガ (yoga) — Hindu discipline
  • Japanese: 瑜伽 (yuga) — Hindu discipline
  • Kannada: ಯೋಗ (yōga) — Hindu discipline
  • Kazakh: йога (ioga) — Hindu discipline
  • Khmer: យោគៈ (yookĕəʼ) — Hindu discipline
  • Korean: 요가 (yoga) — Hindu discipline
  • Kyrgyz: йога (yoga) — Hindu discipline
  • Lao: ໂຍຄະ (nyō kha) — Hindu discipline
  • Latvian: joga — Hindu discipline
  • Lithuanian: joga — Hindu discipline
  • Macedonian: јога (joga) — Hindu discipline
  • Malay: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Malayalam: യോഗം (yōgaṁ) — Hindu discipline
  • Marathi: योग (yog) — Hindu discipline
  • Mongolian: йог (jog) — Hindu discipline
  • Norwegian Bokmål: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Occitan: iogà — Hindu discipline
  • Odia: ଯୋଗ (joga) — Hindu discipline
  • Pali: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Pannonian Rusyn: йоґа (joga) — Hindu discipline
  • Pashto: جوګ (ǰog) — Hindu discipline
  • Persian: یوگا (yôgâ) — Hindu discipline
  • Polish: joga — Hindu discipline
  • Portuguese: ioga — Hindu discipline
  • Punjabi: ਯੋਗ (yog) — Hindu discipline
  • Romanian: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Russian: йо́га (jóga) — Hindu discipline
  • Sanskrit: योग (yóga) — Hindu discipline
  • Scottish Gaelic: iòga — Hindu discipline
  • Serbo-Croatian: јо́га — Hindu discipline
  • Serbo-Croatian: jóga — Hindu discipline
  • Sinhalese: යෝග (yōga) — Hindu discipline
  • Slovak: joga — Hindu discipline
  • Slovene: joga — Hindu discipline
  • Lower Sorbian: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Spanish: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Swahili: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Swedish: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Tagalog: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Tajik: йога (yoga) — Hindu discipline
  • Tamil: யோகக் கலை (yōkak kalai) — Hindu discipline
  • Tatar: йога (yoğa) — Hindu discipline
  • Telugu: యోగా (yōgā) — Hindu discipline
  • Thai: โยคะ (yoo-ká) — Hindu discipline
  • Tibetan: ཡོ་ག (yo ga) — Hindu discipline
  • Turkish: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Turkmen: ýoga — Hindu discipline
  • Ukrainian: йо́га (jóha) — Hindu discipline
  • Ukrainian: йо́ґа (jóga) — Hindu discipline
  • Urdu: یوگ (yōg) — Hindu discipline
  • Uzbek: yoga — Hindu discipline
  • Vietnamese: thuyết du già — Hindu discipline
  • Welsh: ioga — Hindu discipline
  • Yiddish: יאָגאַ (yoga) — Hindu discipline