योजना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योजना (yojanā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /joːd͡ʒ.nɑː/, [joːd͡ʒ.näː]

Noun

योजना • (yojnā) f

1. plan, scheme, strategy
2. design

Declension

Declension of योजना (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	योजना yojnā	योजनाएँ yojnāẽ
oblique	योजना yojnā	योजनाओं yojnāõ
vocative	योजना yojnā	योजनाओ yojnāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “योजना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योजना (yojanā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jod͡ʑ.na/

Noun

योजना • (yojnā) f

1. plan, scheme, program

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “योजना”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Sanskrit

From योजन (yójana, “act of joining”), from the root युज् (yuj), युग् (yug, “to join”) (compare युनक्ति (yunákti, “to join”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐw.d͡ʑɐ.nɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /joː.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɑː/

Noun

योजना • (yojanā) stem, f

1. yoking, building
2. plan, scheme, strategy
3. design
4. measure of distance

Descendants

• → Hindi: योजना (yojnā)
• → Kannada: ಯೋಚನೆ (yōcane)
• → Marathi: योजना (yojnā)
• → Tamil: யோசனை (yōcaṉai)
• → Telugu: యోచన (yōcana)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “योजना”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yṓjana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 609