asana

English

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Asana (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːsənə/

Noun

asana (plural asanas)

1. A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 414:

     She had taught him several yoga asanas and now every morning he obediently performed them while he thought of her sitting somewhere out among the olives beyond the tower in the lotus pose which seemed to cost her no effort at all, intoning the Aum […]

2. A moth of species Melese asana, of tropical South America.

Translations

Further reading

• asana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Tagalog This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

asana (plural asanas)

1. Pterocarpus indicus (syn. Pterocarpus echinatus), found from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, the Solomon Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands.
2. The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.

Synonyms

• (Pterocarpus indicus): angsana, Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus

Etymology 3

Alteration of asna

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Noun

asana

1. (India) Indian laurel, asna (Terminalia elliptica, syn. Terminalia tomentosa), Terminalia alata, of south and southeastern Asia.

Translations

See also

• Category:en:Yoga poses

References

• Asana (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “asana”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. (supplement)
• “asana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Sana'a, Sanaa

Balinese

Romanization

asana

1. Romanization of ᬆᬲᬦ (“posture”)

Finnish

Etymology

From Sanskrit आसन (āsana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsɑnɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧sa‧na

Noun

asana

1. (yoga) asana

Declension

Further reading

• “asana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit आसन (āsana). Doublet of angsana and sana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: asa‧na
• Rhymes: -na, -a

Noun

asana (first-person possessive asanaku, second-person possessive asanamu, third-person possessive asananya)

1. asana, a body position.

   Synonyms: pose, gerakan

2. seat, chair.
3. sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees.
4. (archaeology) related to definitions above.

Further reading

• “asana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit असन, आशन (asana, āśana, “Indian laurel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asa.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Homophones: āsana, aśana
• Hyphenation: asa‧na

Noun

asana

1. (botany) Terminalia.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦤ (sana)

Further reading

• "asana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

asana

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsa.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (āsana).

Noun

asana f

1. asana

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

asana m inan

1. genitive singular of asan

Further reading

• asana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• asana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French assainir or German assanieren.

Verb

a asana (third-person singular present asanează, past participle asanat) 1st conj.

1. to drain a swamp

Conjugation

References

• asana in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: a‧sa‧na

Noun

asana m (plural asanas)

1. asana

Further reading

• “asana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014