zen
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zen
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Etymology edit
From Zen. In more general use, popularized by Eugen Herrigel's 1948 Zen in the Art of Archery and Robert M. Pirsig's 1974 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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zen (uncountable)
- (religion) Synonym of enlightenment, particularly the kind acquired through Zen meditation.
- An approach to instruction, understanding, or an activity similarly emphasizing simplicity and intuition rather than conventional thinking or fixation on goals.
- the zen of cooking
- the zen of passing the bar exam
- the zen of C++
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- (a simple & intuitive method reflecting supposed Eastern wisdom): tao
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zen (comparative more zen, superlative most zen)
- (religion) Alternative letter-case form of Zen: of or related to Zen Buddhism, particularly its focus on indirect teaching of wisdom through riddles and stories.
- 2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:37:10:
- Greggs: You hung over? Just sayin', you look like shit.
Moreland: You know what you need at a crime scene?
Greggs: Rubber glove?
Moreland: Soft eyes.
Greggs: Like I'm s'posed to cry an' shit?
Moreland: You got soft eyes, you can see the whole thing. You got hard eyes? You starin' at the same tree, missin' the forest.
Greggs: Ah. Zen shit.
Moreland: Soft eyes, grasshopper.
- Greggs: You hung over? Just sayin', you look like shit.
- 2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:37:10:
- (colloquial) Wise, displaying enlightenment or similar wisdom, insightful, unburdened and free of worries, extremely relaxed and capable.
References edit
- “zen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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zen
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zen
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- Otto Ladstätter, Andreas Tietze, Die Abdal (Äynu) in Xinjiang (1994)
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Audio: (file)
- Rhymes: -en
- Hyphenation: zen
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zen
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Inflection of zen (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | zen | zenit | ||
genitive | zenin | zenien | ||
partitive | zeniä | zenejä | ||
illative | zeniin | zeneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | zen | zenit | ||
accusative | nom. | zen | zenit | |
gen. | zenin | |||
genitive | zenin | zenien | ||
partitive | zeniä | zenejä | ||
inessive | zenissä | zeneissä | ||
elative | zenistä | zeneistä | ||
illative | zeniin | zeneihin | ||
adessive | zenillä | zeneillä | ||
ablative | zeniltä | zeneiltä | ||
allative | zenille | zeneille | ||
essive | zeninä | zeneinä | ||
translative | zeniksi | zeneiksi | ||
abessive | zenittä | zeneittä | ||
instructive | — | zenein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “zen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
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zen m (plural zen)
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zen (invariable)
- (relational) zen
- (colloquial) extremely relaxed and collected
Further reading edit
- “zen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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zen
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From Japanese 禅 (ぜん, zen), from Middle Chinese 禪 (MC dzyen) (compare Mandarin 禅 (chán), an abbreviation of 禪那 (MC dzyen na), from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “a type of meditation”). Akin to dhyana.
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zen
- (religion) A denomination of Buddhism.
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- “zen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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zen
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zen
- Nonstandard spelling of zēn.
- Nonstandard spelling of zěn.
- Nonstandard spelling of zèn.
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- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
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zen
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 禅, from Middle Chinese 禪 (MC dzyen).
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zen m inan or zen n (indeclinable)
- zen (denomination of Buddhism)
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Masculine inanimate:
This word is indeclinable when used as a neuter noun.
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zen m (uncountable)
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zen (invariable)
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- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθen/ [ˈθẽn]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsen/ [ˈsẽn]
- Rhymes: -en
- Syllabification: zen
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zen (invariable)
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zen m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “zen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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Borrowed from German Zinder, French cendre and English cinder.
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zen (nominative plural zens)
- ash, cinder
- 1952, Epistle to the Hebrews, 9.13,14, translated by Arie de Jong.
- If ya blud toras e hikaparas, e zen kunüla, kel pagifülon ad klinükön koapi, saludükon profenanis,
vio mödikumo blud Kristusa, kel ededietom oki dub Lanal laidüpik nenmiotädiko Gode, oklinükon konsieni obsik de vobots deadik, ad kultön Godi liföl.- If the blood of bulls and billies, and the ashes of heifers, which is sprinkled to clean the body, already sanctifies profane people,
how much more will the blood of Christ, who gave himself unblemished to God because of the eternal Spirit, clean our conscience from dead deeds to worship the living God.
- If the blood of bulls and billies, and the ashes of heifers, which is sprinkled to clean the body, already sanctifies profane people,
- 1952, Epistle to the Hebrews, 9.13,14, translated by Arie de Jong.
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