The word YOGa is derived from the Sanskrit root YUJ or 'yoke' meaning to bind, join, attach and yoke. It is yoga with a soft  "a".or a half 'a'... Popular yoga is pronounced as  YOGAA  with emphasis on A, breaking the word into 2 syllables whereas it should be One...

 

It  means integration, union or communion, and the sound when spoken will communicate the same.