Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

asana

/ˈɑːsənə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: asana
IPA: /ˈɑːsənə/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.

noun

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

noun

Pterocarpus indicus (syn. Pterocarpus echinatus), found from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, the Solomon Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands.

noun

The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.

noun

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

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: pose, position, posture, stance"
"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 […]"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: आस्, आसन

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

asanas (plural)

Synonyms

pose position posture stance angsana Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus

Questions

How do you pronounce asana?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑːsənə/.
What does asana mean?: A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
Where does asana come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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