yoga

See also: Yoga and yōga

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *yewg-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *yówgos

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).

Alternative forms

• Yoga

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊɡə
• Hyphenation: yo‧ga

Noun

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.
   • 1979, Rupert Holmes, “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”, in Partners in Crime:

     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 escape

   • 2017 February 17, Dana Santas, “Recovering from surgery or stress? Yoga can help”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 5 September 2025:

     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.

Derived terms

• Acroyoga
• aerial yoga
• antigravity yoga
• baby yoga
• Bikram yoga
• doga
• dream yoga
• facial yoga
• goat yoga
• Hasya yoga
• Hatha yoga
• hot yoga
• karma-yoga
• laughter yoga
• nonyoga
• yoga-babble
• yoga bag
• yoga ball
• yogaholic
• Yogalates
• yogalike
• yoga mat
• yoga pants
• yogasm
• yogathon
• yogawear
• yogic
• yogified
• yogism

Translations

Hindu discipline

• Albanian: joga
• Arabic: يُوغَا f (yūḡā), يُوجَا f (yūjā), يُوجَا f (yūgā)
• Armenian: յոգա (hy) (yoga)
• Assamese: যোগ (züg)
• Asturian: yoga m
• Azerbaijani: yoqa
• Belarusian: ёга f (jóha)
• Bengali: যোগ (bn) (jōg)
• Bulgarian: йо́га (bg) f (jóga)
• Burmese: ယောဂ (yau:ga.)
• Carpathian Rusyn: йо́ґа f (jóga)
• Catalan: ioga (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏲᎦ (yoga)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 瑜伽 (jyu⁴ gaa¹)

  Mandarin: 瑜伽 (zh) (yújiā), 瑜伽功 (yújiāgōng), 瑜伽術 / 瑜伽术 (yújiāshù)

• Czech: jóga (cs) f
• Danish: yoga
• Dutch: yoga (nl) c
• Esperanto: jogo (eo)
• Estonian: jooga
• Faroese: joga n
• Finnish: jooga (fi)
• French: yoga (fr) m
• Galician: ioga m
• Georgian: იოგა (ioga)
• German: Yoga (de) m or n
• Greek: γιόγκα (el) (giógka)
• Gujarati: યોગ (gu) (yog)
• Hebrew: יוֹגָה (he) (yoga)
• Hindi: योग (hi) m (yog)
• Hungarian: jóga (hu), jógázás
• Icelandic: jóga (is) n
• Ido: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: yoga (id)
• Irish: ióga m
• Italian: yoga (it)
• Japanese: ヨーガ (ja) (yōga), ヨガ (ja) (yoga), 瑜伽 (ja) (ゆが, yuga)
• Kannada: ಯೋಗ (kn) (yōga)
• Kazakh: йога (yoga)
• Khmer: យោគៈ (yookĕəʼ)
• Korean: 요가 (yoga)
• Kyrgyz: йога (yoga)
• Lao: ໂຍຄະ (nyō kha)
• Latvian: joga f
• Lithuanian: joga f
• Macedonian: јога f (joga)
• Malay: yoga
• Malayalam: യോഗം (ml) (yōgaṁ)
• Marathi: योग m (yog)
• Mongolian: йог (jog)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: yoga

• Occitan: iogà m
• Odia: ଯୋଗ (or) (joga)
• Pali: yoga
• Pannonian Rusyn: йоґа f (joga)
• Pashto: جوګ m (ǰog)
• Persian: یوگا (fa) (yôgâ)
• Polish: joga (pl) f
• Portuguese: ioga (pt) m or f
• Punjabi: ਯੋਗ (yog)
• Romanian: yoga (ro) f
• Russian: йо́га (ru) f (jóga)
• Sanskrit: योग (sa) m (yóga)
• Scottish Gaelic: iòga f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јо́га f

  Latin: jóga (sh) f

• Sinhalese: යෝග (yōga)
• Slovak: joga f
• Slovene: joga (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: yoga m

• Spanish: yoga (es) m
• Swahili: yoga (sw)
• Swedish: yoga (sv) c
• Tagalog: yoga
• Tajik: йога (yoga)
• Tamil: யோகக் கலை (yōkak kalai)
• Tatar: йога (yoğa)
• Telugu: యోగా (te) (yōgā)
• Thai: โยคะ (yoo-ká)
• Tibetan: ཡོ་ག (yo ga)
• Turkish: yoga (tr)
• Turkmen: ýoga
• Ukrainian: йо́га f (jóha), йо́ґа f (jóga)
• Urdu: یوگ (yōg)
• Uzbek: yoga (uz)
• Vietnamese: thuyết du già
• Welsh: ioga m or f
• Yiddish: יאָגאַ (yoga)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chamorro yoga.

Alternative forms

• joga

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Gayo, Goya, gayo, goya

Asturian

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoɣa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ɣa]
• Rhymes: -oɣa
• Syllabification: yo‧ga

Noun

yoga m (uncountable)

1. yoga (a Hindu discipline)

Chavacano

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Zamboanga) IPA^(key): /ˈjoɡa/ [ˈjo.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -a, -ɡa
• Hyphenation: yo‧ga

Noun

yóga

1. (Zamboangueño) yoga

Danish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjoːɡ̊a]

Noun

yoga c (singular definite yogaen, not used in plural form)

1. yoga

Declension

Declension of yoga

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	yoga	yogaen
genitive	yogas	yogaens

Derived terms

• yogalærer
• yogamåtte
• yogastilling
• yogaøvelse

See also

• yogi

References

• “yoga” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoː.ɣaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: yo‧ga

Noun

yoga m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. yoga

Derived terms

• yogaën
• yogaleraar
• yogales
• yogi
• yogisch

French

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo.ɡa/

• Audio; “le yoga”:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

yoga m (uncountable)

1. yoga

Related terms

• yogique

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

yoga (plural yoga-yoga)

1. yoga

Related terms

• yogi

Further reading

• “yoga”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

yoga m (invariable)

1. yoga

Derived terms

• yogico

Japanese

Romanization

yoga

1. Rōmaji transcription of ヨガ

Javanese

Romanization

yoga

1. romanization of ꦪꦺꦴꦒ

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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.

Noun

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

See also

• yogi

References

• “yoga” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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.

Noun

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

See also

• yogi

References

• “yoga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• ayoga
• yinoga
• yumoga

• adwayayoga
• amṛtayoga
• antayoga
• atirodrayoga
• cintayoga
• dhyānayoga
• dhāraṇayoga
• dhīrayoga
• paramayoga
• pratyāhārayoga
• prayoga
• prāṇāyamayoga
• ratnatrayayoga
• saṅyoga
• sthitiyoga
• sudhīrayoga
• sūkṣmayoga
• wiyoga
• yogadhāraka
• yogajñāna
• yogakrama
• yogamārga
• yogamāyā
• yogaprawṛtti
• yogarakṣa
• yogasannyāsa
• yogasiddhi
• yogasmaraṇa
• yogasupta
• yogawahni
• yogayajña
• yogaśāstra
• yogābhyāsa
• yogādhipa
• ālambayoga
• śiwatwayoga
• ṣaḍaṅgayoga
• ṣaḍtanuyoga

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦪꦺꦴꦒ (yoga)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English yoga or French yoga.

Noun

yoga f (uncountable)

1. yoga

Declension

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Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoɡa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ɣ̞a]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoɡa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ɣ̞a] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoɡa/ [ˈʃo.ɣ̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒoɡa/ [ˈʒo.ɣ̞a] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: yo‧ga

Noun

yoga m (plural yogas)

1. yoga
   • 2019 February 17, Francisco Martínez Hoyos, “10 idiomas que se crearon de la nada”, in La Vanguardia‎^[2], archived from the original on 28 September 2026:

     El toki pona, diseñado por la canadiense Sonja Lang, se basa en el taoísmo y pretende ser “un yoga para la mente”.

     Toki Pona, designed by the Canadian Sonja Lang, is based on Taoism and aims to be “a yoga for the mind”.

Further reading

• “yoga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

yoga class IX (plural yoga class X)

1. yoga

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *yewg-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *yówgos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas

Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas

Sanskrit योग॑ (yóga)bor.

Tagalog yoga

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग॑ (yóga), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yówgos, from *yewg- + *-os.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

yoga (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜓᜄ)

1. yoga

Anagrams

• agoy, yago

Turkish

Etymology

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.

Noun

yoga (definite accusative yogayı, plural yogalar)

1. yoga