Zen

English

Alternative forms

• zen

Etymology

Japanese 禅 (zen), from Mandarin 禅那 (chánnà), from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “a type of meditation”) (Pāli: jhāna)

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Noun

Zen (uncountable)

1. (religion) A denomination of Buddhism elaborated in Japan.
2. (informal) A philosophy of calm reminiscent of that of the Buddhist denomination.

Related terms

• Zenji

Notes

Usually capitalized in all senses, almost always when talking about the denomination proper (compare Catholicism), usually but less often when referring to a looser sense of the philosophy or calm: “That’s very zen.” versus “She studies Zen Buddhism.”

Translations

denomination of Buddhism

Arabic: زن (ar) (zan, zin, zen) m. Armenian: ձեն (hy) (jen) Chinese: Mandarin: 禪 (cmn), 禅 (cmn) (chán) Min Nan: 禪 (siân) Finnish: zenbuddhalaisuus (fi) French: zen (fr) m. German: Zen (de) m.

Hindi: ज़ेन (hi) (zen) Irish: Búdachas Zen (ga) m., Zen (ga) m. Japanese: 禅 (ja) (ぜん, zen) Korean: 선 (ko) (seon) (禪 (ko)) Russian: дзэн (ru) (dzen) m., дзен (ru) (dzen) m. Sanskrit: ध्यान (sa) (dhyāna) m. Thai: เซน (th) (sayn) Vietnamese: thiền (vi) (禪 (vi))

philosophy

Armenian: ձեն (hy) (jen) Chinese: Mandarin: 禪 (cmn), 禅 (cmn) (chán) Finnish: zen (fi) French: zen (fr) m.

German: Zen (de) m. Japanese: 禅 (ja) (ぜん, zen) Korean: 선 (ko) (seon) (禪 (ko)) Russian: дзэн (ru) (dzen) m., дзен (ru) (dzen) m. Vietnamese: thiền (vi) (禪 (vi))

Adjective

Zen (comparative more Zen, superlative most Zen)

1. (colloquial) Extremely relaxed and collected

Anagrams

• NZE

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German

Noun

Zen m.

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zen (denomination of Buddhism)

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Irish

Proper noun

Zen m.

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Zen

Synonyms

• Búdachas Zen