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pranayama

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
pra-na-ya-ma
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Breathing techniques; breath control, often synchronized with movements between asanas in yoga.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

pranayamas (plural)

Questions

What does pranayama mean?
Breathing techniques; breath control, often synchronized with movements between asanas in yoga.
Where does pranayama come from?
From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”).

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