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Indian style
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English
Cross-legged
Etymology
Possibly from the Indian lotus position (compare Polish siedzieć po turecku and Romanian ședea turcește, literally “to sit Turkishly”, in reference to the Turks' similar sitting style), or else from the way some American Indians sat.
Adverb
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en of sitting Cross-legged.
Synonyms
en criss-cross applesauce
en pretzel style
en cross-legged
en tailor-fashion
Translations
cross-legged
Arabic: ar جلسة التربع alsat al-tarabbu'
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 盤腿坐 pán tuǐ zuò, cmn 盤膝而坐 pán xī ér zuò
French: fr jambes croisées f-p, fr en tailleur
Hawaiian: haw ʻahaʻaha
Hindi: hi पालथी f, hi कमलासन m, hi पद्मासन m
Hungarian: hu törökülés
Japanese: ja 胡座 あぐら, agura
Polish: pl po turecku
Romanian: ro turcește
Sanskrit: sa सुखासन n सुखासनम्, sa पद्मासन m, sa बद्धपद्मासन n बद्धपद्मासनम्
Tagalog: tl tansila
Welsh: cy coesgroes
en Sitting