yoga
Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a…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.
» Do you meditate or do yoga?
Ти медитуєш або займаєшся йогою?
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Yoga
йо́гаjóga
йо́гаjóha, йо́ґаjóga
a system of physical, breathing and meditation exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind
(uncountable)The tree Elaeocarpus joga.
Examples
141 sentencesDo you meditate or do yoga?
Ти медитуєш або займаєшся йогою?
Am I too old to learn yoga?
Я вже застарий, щоб навчитися займатися йогою?
Do you do yoga?
Ти займаєшся йогою?
ruТы занимаешься йогой?
deMachst du Yoga?
I should start doing yoga.
Мені слід почати займатися йогою.
ruМне следует начать заниматься йогой.
Tom is sitting on a yoga ball.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from PrBorrowed 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.
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