niyoga
noun
ni·yo·ga
nēˈyōgə
plural -s
Hindu law
: an appointed task
specifically : the appointment of a brother or any near kinsman to raise up issue to a deceased childless husband by marrying his widow
Word History
Etymology
Sanskrit, order, duty, from niyunakti he orders, enjoins, from ni- down, into + yunakti he yokes, joins
- unindustrious
- unindustriously
- uninfected
- uninfectious
- uninflammable
- uninflated
- uninflected
- uninfluenced
- uninformative
- uninformatively
- uninformed
- uningratiating
- uninhabitabilities
- uninhabitable
- uninhabited
- uninhabitedness
- uninhibited
- uninhibitedly
- uninhibitedness
- uninhibitednesses
- uninitiate
- uninitiated
- uninitiates
- uninjured
- uninjurious