# asana
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑːsənə/

#### Noun

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
#### 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
* “asana”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. (supplement)
* “asana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Sana'a, Sanaa

## Balinese
### Romanization

asana
* Romanization of ᬆᬲᬦ (“posture”)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Sanskrit आसन (āsana).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑsɑnɑ/, [ˈɑ̝s̠ɑ̝nɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑsɑnɑ
* Hyphenation: asa‧na

### Noun

asana
* (yoga) asana

#### Declension

Possessive forms of asana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
asanani
asanani
accusative
nom.
asanani
asanani
gen.
asanani
genitive
asanani
asanoideni asanoitteni asanaini $^{rare}$
partitive
asanaani
asanoitani
inessive
asanassani
asanoissani
elative
asanastani
asanoistani
illative
asanaani
asanoihini
adessive
asanallani
asanoillani
ablative
asanaltani
asanoiltani
allative
asanalleni
asanoilleni
essive
asananani
asanoinani
translative
asanakseni
asanoikseni
abessive
asanattani
asanoittani
instructive
comitative
—asanoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
asanasi
asanasi
accusative
nom.
asanasi
asanasi
gen.
asanasi
genitive
asanasi
asanoidesi asanoittesi asanaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
asanaasi
asanoitasi
inessive
asanassasi
asanoissasi
elative
asanastasi
asanoistasi
illative
asanaasi
asanoihisi
adessive
asanallasi
asanoillasi
ablative
asanaltasi
asanoiltasi
allative
asanallesi
asanoillesi
essive
asananasi
asanoinasi
translative
asanaksesi
asanoiksesi
abessive
asanattasi
asanoittasi
instructive
comitative
—asanoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
asanamme
asanamme
accusative
nom.
asanamme
asanamme
gen.
asanamme
genitive
asanamme
asanoidemme asanoittemme asanaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
asanaamme
asanoitamme
inessive
asanassamme
asanoissamme
elative
asanastamme
asanoistamme
illative
asanaamme
asanoihimme
adessive
asanallamme
asanoillamme
ablative
asanaltamme
asanoiltamme
allative
asanallemme
asanoillemme
essive
asananamme
asanoinamme
translative
asanaksemme
asanoiksemme
abessive
asanattamme
asanoittamme
instructive
comitative
—asanoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
asananne
asananne
accusative
nom.
asananne
asananne
gen.
asananne
genitive
asananne
asanoidenne asanoittenne asanainne $^{rare}$
partitive
asanaanne
asanoitanne
inessive
asanassanne
asanoissanne
elative
asanastanne
asanoistanne
illative
asanaanne
asanoihinne
adessive
asanallanne
asanoillanne
ablative
asanaltanne
asanoiltanne
allative
asanallenne
asanoillenne
essive
asanananne
asanoinanne
translative
asanaksenne
asanoiksenne
abessive
asanattanne
asanoittanne
instructive
comitative
—asanoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
asanansa
asanansa
accusative
nom.
asanansa
asanansa
gen.
asanansa
genitive
asanansa
asanoidensa asanoittensa asanainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
asanaansa
asanoitaan asanoitansa
inessive
asanassaan asanassansa
asanoissaan asanoissansa
elative
asanastaan asanastansa
asanoistaan asanoistansa
illative
asanaansa
asanoihinsa
adessive
asanallaan asanallansa
asanoillaan asanoillansa
ablative
asanaltaan asanaltansa
asanoiltaan asanoiltansa
allative
asanalleen asanallensa
asanoilleen asanoillensa
essive
asananaan asananansa
asanoinaan asanoinansa
translative
asanakseen asanaksensa
asanoikseen asanoiksensa
abessive
asanattaan asanattansa
asanoittaan asanoittansa
instructive
comitative
—asanoineen asanoinensa :

### Further reading

* “asana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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
### Etymology

From Sanskrit आसन (āsana). Doublet of angsana.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /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, 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: /a.sa.na/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Homophones: āsana, aśana
* Hyphenation: a‧sa‧na

### Noun

asana
* (botany) Terminalia.

#### Derived terms

* aṅasana
* māsana

#### 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: /aˈsa.na/
* Audio:(file)
* 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: /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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10