योजना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit योजना (yojanā, “yoking; use; building”), from योजन (yójana, “act of joining”), from the root युज् (yuj), युग् (yug, “to join”) (compare युनक्ति (yunákti, “to join”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /joːd͡ʒ.nɑː/, [joːd͡ʒ.näː]

Noun

योजना • (yojnā) f

1. plan, scheme, strategy
2. design

Declension

Declension of योजना (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	योजना yojnā	योजनाएँ yojnāẽ
oblique	योजना yojnā	योजनाओं yojnāõ
vocative	योजना yojnā	योजनाओ yojnāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “योजना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press