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zafu

[ za-foo ]
/ zæˈfu /
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noun
a round cushion used in Zen meditation.
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See also zabuton.

Origin of zafu

First recorded in 1975–80; from Japanese, equivalent to za “seat” + fu “bulrush, cattail,” commonly mistranslated as “sewn seat”; see also zabuton

Words nearby zafu

zaddy, Zadkine, Zadok, zaffer, zaftig, zafu, zag, Zagazig, Zaghlul, Zaghlul Pasha, Zagorsk
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