As a Hindi name
योग्यता · noun · feminine
क्षमता । लायकी · बड़ाई · बुद्धिमानी । लियाकत । विद्वत्ता — Śabdasāgara
योग्यता · yogyatā · s.f.
= S يوگيتو योग्यत्व yogyatva, s.m. Suitableness, propriety, fitness, appropriateness, consistency; merit; ability, capability, capacity, adequacy, likelihood — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1253
योग्यता · feminine
capability; ability; capacity; competency; merit
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi योग्यता — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit योग्यता (yogyatā). By surface analysis, योग्य (yogya) + -ता (-tā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yogya—tā f. suitableness, fitness, propriety, ability, R.; Kathās. &c.
yogyatā 1 Ability, capability; na yuddhayogyatāmasya paśyāmi saha rākṣasaiḥ Rām. 2 Fitness, propriety. 3 Appropriateness. 4 (In Nyāya phil.) Fitness or compatibility of sense, the absence of absurdity in the mutual connection of the things signified by the words; e. g. in agninā siṃcati there is no yogyatā; it is thus defined: -ekapadārthe'parapadārthasaṃsargo yogyatā Tarka K.; or padārthānāṃ parasparasaṃbaṃdhe bādhābhāvaḥ S. D. 2.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
suitableness, fitness, propriety, ability, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "yogyatā" is derived from "yogya" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
yogya &c. See pp. 856, 858.
yogya mfn. (fr. yoga and √ 1. yuj) fit for the yoke, Pāṇ. v, 1, 102
yogya—tā f. suitableness, fitness, propriety, ability, R.; Kathās. &c.
yogyatā 1 Ability, capability; na yuddhayogyatāmasya paśyāmi saha rākṣasaiḥ Rām. 2 Fitness, propriety. 3 Appropriateness. 4 (In Nyāya phil.) Fitness or compatibility of sense, the absence of absurdity in the mutual connection of the things signified by the words; e. g. in agninā siṃcati there is no yogyatā; it is thus defined: -ekapadārthe'parapadārthasaṃsargo yogyatā Tarka K.; or padārthānāṃ parasparasaṃbaṃdhe bādhābhāvaḥ S. D. 2.
Dictionary citations
yogya—tā f. suitableness, fitness, propriety, ability, R.; Kathās. &c.
yogyatā 1 Ability, capability; na yuddhayogyatāmasya paśyāmi saha rākṣasaiḥ Rām. 2 Fitness, propriety. 3 Appropriateness. 4 (In Nyāya phil.) Fitness or compatibility of sense, the absence of absurdity in the mutual connection of the things signified by the words; e. g. in agninā siṃcati there is no yogyatā; it is thus defined: -ekapadārthe'parapadārthasaṃsargo yogyatā Tarka K.; or padārthānāṃ parasparasaṃbaṃdhe bādhābhāvaḥ S. D. 2.
yogyatā f. (-tā) Fitness, suitableness, propriety. E. yogya, and tal aff.; also with tva, yogyatvaṃ.
yogya &c. See pp. 856, 858.
yogya mfn. (fr. yoga and √ 1. yuj) fit for the yoke, Pāṇ. v, 1, 102
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