योग्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit योग्य (yogya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /joːɡ.jᵊ/, /joːɡ.jə/,

Adjective

योग्य • (yogya) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling یوگیہ)

1. deserving, capable
2. eligible, qualified

Related terms

• अयोग्य (ayogya)

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit योग्य (yogya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joɡ.jə/

Adjective

योग्य • (yogya)

1. suitable
2. worthy, qualified
3. right, proper

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “योग्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “योग्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yówg-yo-s (“draught animal, fit for yoking”), from *yewg- (“to yoke”). See योग (yoga) and युज् (yuj) for more; outside of Indic, cognate with Proto-Germanic *jaukiją (“draught animal”) (whence Old Norse eykr).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́wɡ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjoːɡ.jɐ/

Noun

योग्य • (yógya) stem, m

1. draught animal
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Adjective

योग्य • (yógya) stem

1. fit for the yoke
2. useful, serviceable, proper, fit or qualified for
   • Mbh

Related terms

• योग (yoga)
• युग (yuga)
• युनक्ति (yunakti)

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀕𑁆𑀕 (jogga)
• Pali: yogga
• → Bengali: যোগ্য (jōggo) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಯೋಗ್ಯ (yōgya) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “योग्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0858.