Yoga in Malayalam
Yoga is a Sanskrit word Malayalam uses unchanged, so the dictionary lists what is built around it. യോഗാഭ്യാസം (yogaabhyaasam) is the practice of yoga, the routine of exercises somebody does every morning.
Most common translation
Practice of Yoga.
അമ്മ രാവിലെ യോഗാഭ്യാസം ചെയ്യുന്നു
amma raavile yogaabhyaasam cheyyunnu
Mother does yoga practice in the morning.
All Malayalam words for “yoga”
- യോഗാഭ്യാസം (yogaabhyaasam) — Practice of Yoga.
- യോഗാസനം (yogaasanam) — Proper postures for practicing Yoga.
- യോഗി (yogi) — One who practices Yoga, an ascetic, sanyasi, one who practices meditation, Siva, Vishnu.
യോഗാസനം (yogaasanam) is the posture or asana and യോഗി (yogi) is the practitioner, so none of the three translates the bare word yoga.
Common questions
How do you say yoga in Malayalam?
The word itself is borrowed as it is; doing yoga is യോഗാഭ്യാസം (yogaabhyaasam).
What is yogaasanam?
യോഗാസനം (yogaasanam) is the seated posture used in practice, and by extension any yoga pose.