asana

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɑːsənə/ ==== Noun ==== asana (plural asanas) A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga. 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) Pterocarpus indicus (syn. Pterocarpus echinatus), found from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, the Solomon Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands. The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany. ===== Synonyms ===== (Pterocarpus indicus): angsana, Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus === Etymology 3 === Alteration of asna This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. ==== Noun ==== asana (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 William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “asana”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. (supplement) “asana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Sana'a, Sanaa == Balinese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Javanese āsana (“sitting; seat; dwelling; posture”), from Sanskrit आसन (āsana, “seat, chair”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.sa.nə/ Hyphenation: a‧sa‧na === Noun === asana (Balinese script ᬆᬲᬦ) posture (of seating) === Further reading === “asana”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]. == Finnish == === Etymology === From Sanskrit आसन (āsana). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑsɑnɑ/, [ˈɑ̝s̠ɑ̝nɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑsɑnɑ Syllabification(key): a‧sa‧na Hyphenation(key): asa‧na === Noun === asana (yoga) asana ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “asana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Sanskrit आसन (āsana). Doublet of angsana. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈsana/ [aˈsa.na] Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: a‧sa‧na === Noun === asana (plural asana-asana) asana, a body position Synonyms: pose, gerakan seat, chair sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees (archaeology) related to definitions above === Further reading === “asana”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sanskrit असन, आशन (asana, āśana, “Indian laurel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.sa.na/ Rhymes: -ana Homophones: āsana, aśana Hyphenation: a‧sa‧na === Noun === asana (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 == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈsa.na/ Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: a‧sa‧na === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आसन (āsana). ==== Noun ==== asana f asana ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== asana m inan 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 conjugation 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/ [aˈsa.na] Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: a‧sa‧na === Noun === asana m (plural asanas) asana === Further reading === “asana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025