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pranayama

pra·na·ya·manoun

pranayama is spelled P-R-A-N-A-Y-A-M-A: 9 letters and 4 syllables (pra·na·ya·ma). It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pranayama means “Breathing techniques; breath control, often synchronized with movements between asanas in yoga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pranayama is pranayamas.

How many letters and syllables are in pranayama?

Letters9: P-R-A-N-A-Y-A-M-A
Syllables4: pra·na·ya·ma
In writingabout once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is pranayama?

Pranayama appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce pranayama?

    Pranayama has 4 syllables, split pra·na·ya·ma in writing.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of pranayama

    • pranayamas plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does pranayama mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      Breathing techniques; breath control, often synchronized with movements between asanas in yoga.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does pranayama come from?

    From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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