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za-zen

[ zah-zen ]

noun

, Zen.
  1. meditation in a prescribed, cross-legged posture.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of za-zen1

1720–30; < Japanese, equivalent to za “seat, seated” (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zuò “sit”) + zen Zen ( def )

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