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yajna

UK /ˈjʌdʒnə/noun

yajna is spelled Y-A-J-N-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yajna means “A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yajna is yajnas or yajñas.

How many letters and syllables are in yajna?

Letters5: Y-A-J-N-A
In writingabout once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th 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 yajna?

Yajna appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 yajna?

  • UK /ˈjʌdʒnə/
  • UK /jʌdʒnjə/

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

Forms of yajna

  • yajnas plural
  • yajña
  • yagna
  • yadnya
  • yagnya
  • yagya
  • yajñas plural

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

What does yajna mean?

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

noun

  1. 1

    A ritual of sacrifice to the Devas.

noun

as yajña
  1. 1

    Alternative form of yajna.

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

Where does yajna come from?

Borrowed from Sanskrit यज्ञ (yajñá). Doublet of Yasna.

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

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