胡座

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胡 座
あ
Jinmeiyō 		くら > ぐら
Grade: 6
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
胡坐

Etymology

From 足 (“foot”) +‎ 座 (“sitting”), /asikura/ becomes /agura/ in later periods of sound shifts.

The first attestation is found in Myogisho written as 胡 (“non-Han people, particularly Turks and Mongols and other Central Asians”) +‎ 床 (“bed”).

Equivalent to Indian style, in referring to the sitting habits of plains-dwelling nomads.

Noun

胡(あ)座(ぐら) • (agura) 

  1. cross-legged sitting

See also

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