different between kowan vs koan

English

Noun

kowan (plural kowans)

1. Obsolete spelling of cowan (a worker in unmortared stone, an unapprenticed stonemason). [17th century]

Anagrams

• Nowak, aknow

English

Alternative forms

• k?an

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (k?an), which was from Chinese ?? (g?ng'àn, “official business”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ko?.?n/

Noun

koan (plural koans)

1. (Zen Buddhism) A story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.
2. A riddle with no solution, used to provoke reflection on the inadequacy of logical reasoning, and to lead to enlightenment.

Translations

Anagrams

• KAON, Kano, Kona, NKAO, kano, kaon

French

Etymology

Japanese ?? (k?an), from Literary Chinese ?? (literally, "public case").

Noun

koan m (plural koan)

1. koan

Further reading

• “koan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• kaon

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• kóan

Etymology

From English koan, from Japanese ?? (k?an), from Literary Chinese ?? (literally, "public case").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ko??n]
• Hyphenation: ko?an
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

koan (plural koanok)

1. koan

Declension

Volapük

Noun

koan (nominative plural koans)

1. shell, seashell

Declension

Derived terms

• koanaf (“shellfish”)

Yola

Noun

koan

1. Alternative form of cooanes