asana
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]asana (plural asanas)
- 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 […]
- A moth of species Melese asana, of tropical South America.
Translations
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Tagalog This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- (Pterocarpus indicus): angsana, Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus
Etymology 3
[edit]Alteration of asna This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
[edit]asana
- (India) Indian laurel, asna (Terminalia elliptica, syn. Terminalia tomentosa), Terminalia alata, of south and southeastern Asia.
Translations
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Balinese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]asana
- Romanization of ᬆᬲᬦ (“posture”)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]asana
Declension
[edit]Inflection of asana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | asana | asanat | |
genitive | asanan | asanoiden asanoitten | |
partitive | asanaa | asanoita | |
illative | asanaan | asanoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | asana | asanat | |
accusative | nom. | asana | asanat |
gen. | asanan | ||
genitive | asanan | asanoiden asanoitten asanain rare | |
partitive | asanaa | asanoita | |
inessive | asanassa | asanoissa | |
elative | asanasta | asanoista | |
illative | asanaan | asanoihin | |
adessive | asanalla | asanoilla | |
ablative | asanalta | asanoilta | |
allative | asanalle | asanoille | |
essive | asanana | asanoina | |
translative | asanaksi | asanoiksi | |
abessive | asanatta | asanoitta | |
instructive | — | asanoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “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 2023-07-02
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit आसन (āsana). Doublet of angsana.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈsana/ [aˈsa.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: a‧sa‧na
Noun
[edit]asana
- asana, a body position.
- seat, chair.
- sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees.
- (archaeology) related to definitions above.
Further reading
[edit]- “asana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit असन, आशन (asana, āśana, “Indian laurel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]asana
- (botany) Terminalia.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "asana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आसन (āsana).
Noun
[edit]asana f
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]asana m inan
Further reading
[edit]- asana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- asana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French assainir or German assanieren.
Verb
[edit]a asana (third-person singular present asanează, past participle asanat) 1st conjugation
- to drain a swamp
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | a asana | ||||||
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gerund | asanând | ||||||
past participle | asanat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | asanez | asanezi | asanează | asanăm | asanați | asanează | |
imperfect | asanam | asanai | asana | asanam | asanați | asanau | |
simple perfect | asanai | asanași | asană | asanarăm | asanarăți | asanară | |
pluperfect | asanasem | asanaseși | asanase | asanaserăm | asanaserăți | asanaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să asanez | să asanezi | să asaneze | să asanăm | să asanați | să asaneze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | asanează | asanați | |||||
negative | nu asana | nu asanați |
References
[edit]- asana in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]asana m (plural asanas)
Further reading
[edit]- “asana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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