yoga
Syllables: yo·ga/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/
yoga noun: 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.
Noun (1)
yoga (countable and uncountable, plural yogas)
- 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.
- If you're not into yoga / If you have half a brain / […] / Then I'm the love that you've looked for / Write to me and escape1979, Rupert Holmes, “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”, in Partners in Crime
- Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.2017 February 17, Dana Santas, “Recovering from surgery or stress? Yoga can help”, in CNN
Noun (2)
yoga (uncountable)
- The tree Elaeocarpus joga.
- 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....2002, “Pests of Elaeocarpus joga in Guam”, in Micronesica, volume 34, number 2, page 109
- Synonyms:
- yoga tree
Proper noun capitalized: Yoga
Yoga
- One of the six schools of Hindu philosophy.
Noun (3) capitalized: Yoga
Yoga (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of yoga.
yoga meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
yoga in Hindi
- Hindu discipline
- योग yog
yoga in Tamil
- Hindu discipline
- யோகக் கலை yōkak kalai
yoga in Marathi
- Hindu discipline
- योग yog
yoga in Urdu
- Hindu discipline
- یوگ yōg
More languagesFewer languages
- yoga in Bengali
- যোগ jōg
- yoga in Telugu
- యోగా yōgā
- yoga in Malayalam
- യോഗം yōgaṁ
- yoga in Kannada
- ಯೋಗ yōga
- yoga in Punjabi
- ਯੋਗ yog
- yoga in Gujarati
- યોગ yog
- yoga in Odia
- ଯୋଗ joga
- yoga in Sanskrit
- योग yóga
- yoga in Sinhala
- යෝග yōga
- yoga in Assamese
- যোগ züg
- yoga in Nepali
- योग
- yoga in Pashto
- جوګ ǰog
- yoga in Tagalog
- yoga
- yoga in Arabic
- يُوغَا yūḡā, يُوجَا yūjā
- yoga in Malay
- yoga
- yoga in Indonesian
- yoga
- yoga in Persian
- یوگا yôgâ
- yoga in Thai
- โยคะ yoo-ká
- yoga in Vietnamese
- thuyết du già
- yoga in Myanmar
- ယောဂ yau:ga.
Examples of yoga in a sentence
- She spaced out the yoga mats as much as she could while leaving room for some walkways.
- The yoga instructor namasted, and the class began.
- Me, take up yoga and become a vegetarian? As if!
Synonyms of yoga
- yoga tree
Forms of yoga
| plural | yogas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Yoga |
| alternative form | joga |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from yoga
Phrases with yoga
Words that rhyme with yoga
Questions about yoga
- What does yoga mean?
- Yoga means 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.
- What is yoga in Hindi?
- Yoga in Hindi is योग (yog). See Yoga meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yoga?
- Yoga can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yoga?
- Yoga is pronounced /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/ (US).
- What is the plural of yoga?
- The plural of yoga is yogas.
Words near yoga in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: yoga (page history and authors); Yoga (page history and authors); yoga (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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