‖n. [ Skr. guna quality. ] In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denote the same vowel change in other languages. [ 1913 Webster ]
[おくら;オクラ, okura ; okura](n) (1) (See 蔵・くら) shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; canceling; the shelf; (2) rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate[Add to Longdo]