name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/
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rhymes with -əʊɡə
CMU ARPABET:Y OW1 G AH0
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name
Meaning 1
One of the six schools of Hindu philosophy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism
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Antonyms: none provided
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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
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The tree Elaeocarpus joga.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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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
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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
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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
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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