pranayama
English edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pra‧na‧ya‧ma
Noun edit
pranayama (countable and uncountable, plural pranayamas)