# योग्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit योग्य (yogya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /joːɡ.jᵊ/, /joːɡ.jə/, [joːɡ.jɐ]

### Adjective

योग्य • (yogya) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling یوگیہ)
* deserving, capable
* eligible, qualified

#### Related terms

* अयोग्य (ayogya)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit योग्य (yogya). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘧𑘻𑘐 (yoga, “proper, fit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /joɡ.jə/

### Adjective

योग्य • (yogya)
* suitable
* worthy, qualified
* right, proper

#### Derived terms

* योग्यता (yogyatā)

### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “योग्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “योग्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “योग”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit योग्य (yogya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [joɡɡe]
* Phonetic Devanagari: योग्गे

### Adjective

योग्य • (yogya)
* suitable, proper, convenient

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* যোগ্য (Assamese script)
* ᬬᭀᬕ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* যোগ্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰧𑰺𑰐𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀬𑁄𑀕𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ယောဂျ (Burmese script)
* યોગ્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਯੋਗ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌯𑍋𑌗𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂨𑂷𑂏𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಯೋಗ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* យោគ្យ (Khmer script)
* ໂຍຄ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* യോഗ്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᠶᠣᡤᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘧𑘻𑘐𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᠺᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧇𑧜𑦰𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐫𑑀𑐐𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଯୋଗ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢫꣂꢔ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆪𑆾𑆓𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖧𑖺𑖐𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* යොග්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩻𑩕𑩞 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚣𑚴𑚌𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* யோக்³ய (Tamil script)
* యోగ్య (Telugu script)
* โยคฺย (Thai script)
* ཡོ་གྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒨𑒼𑒑𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨪𑨆𑨍𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yówg-yo-s (“draught animal, fit for yoking”), from *yewg- (“to yoke”). See योग (yoga) and युज् (yuj) for more; outside of Indic, cognate with Proto-Germanic *jaukiją (“draught animal”) (whence Old Norse eykr).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /jɐ́wɡ.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /joːɡ.jɐ/

### Noun

योग्य • (yógya) stem, m
* draught animal
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Adjective

योग्य • (yógya) stem
* fit for the yoke
* useful, serviceable, proper, fit or qualified for
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Related terms

* योग (yoga)
* युग (yuga)
* युनक्ति (yunakti)

#### Descendants

* Pali: yogga
* Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀕𑁆𑀕 (jŏgga), 𑀚𑀼𑀕𑁆𑀕 (jugga)
** Central:
*** Hindustani: jog, jogā
**** Hindi: जोग, जोगा
**** Urdu: جوگ, جوگا
** Eastern:
*** Bihari:
**** Bhojpuri: जोग (jōg)
**** Maithili: जोग (jōg)
*** Middle Bengali: যোগ (jōg)
*** Odia: ଯୋଗା (jogā)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Western Pahari:
***** Churahi: जोगा (jogā)
***** Pangwali: जोगा (jogā)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Punjabi: joggā
    Gurmukhi script: ਜੋੱਗਾ
    Shahmukhi script: جوگّا
**** Sindhi: jogu, joga
    Arabic script: جوگُ, جوگَ
    Devanagari script: जोगु, जोग
** Southern:
*** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀕𑁆𑀕 (jogga)
**** Marathi: जोगा (j̈ogā)
** Western:
*** Gujarati: જોગ (jog), જોગું (jogũ)
Borrowed terms
* → Bengali: যোগ্য (jōggo) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಯೋಗ್ಯ (yōgya) (learned)
* → Hindi: योग्य (yogya) (learned)
* → Malayalam: യോഗ്യം (yōgyaṁ)
* → Marathi: योग्य (yogya) (learned)
* → Nepali: योग्य (yogya) (learned)
* → Newar: जोग्य (jogya), योग्य (yogya)
* → Old Javanese: yogya
** > Javanese: ꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾ (yogya) (inherited)
*** → Malay: يوݢيا (yogia)
**** > Indonesian: yogia (inherited)
* → Odia: ଯୋଗ୍ୟ (jogya) (learned)
* → Sinhalese: යෝග්‍ය (yōgya) (learned)
* → Tamil: யோக்கியம் (yōkkiyam)
* → Telugu: యోగ్యము (yōgyamu) (learned)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “योग्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0858.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yogya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press