jong

See also: Jong

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, fortress, castle; province, district).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dʒɒŋ/

Noun

jong (plural jongs)

  1. A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
    • 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Tauris Parke 2011, p. 211:
      When they had gone I went for a solitary ride, rounding the Jong and striking out into the country through a subsidiary village.
    • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 451:
      However, the Tibetans refused to negotiate – except on the British side of the frontier – and withdrew into their fortress, or jong.
    • 2011, Peter Harrison, Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas, Osprey 2011, p. 14:
      The origin of the Tibetan dzong is not known although there is evidence of Chinese and Mongol influences in the style of their military architecture.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jongen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔŋ/

Noun

jong (plural jongens)

  1. A male servant.
  2. (rare) A boy.
    Synonym: seun

Adjective

jong

  1. attributive form of jonk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔŋ
  • (file)

Adjective

jong (comparative jonger, superlative jongst)

  1. young
  2. new

Inflection

Inflection of jong
uninflected jong
inflected jonge
comparative jonger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial jongjongerhet jongst
het jongste
indefinite m./f. sing. jongejongerejongste
n. sing. jongjongerjongste
plural jongejongerejongste
definite jongejongerejongste
partitive jongsjongers

Antonyms

Noun

jong n (plural jongen, diminutive jonkie n or jongske n)

  1. A young: a young being, especially an animal.

Verb

jong

  1. first-person singular present indicative of jongen
  2. imperative of jongen

See also


Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

Adjective

jong

  1. young

Antonyms

  • aajd

Noun

jong m (plural jonges)

  1. boy, young guy
  2. (colloquial, Maastrichtian) a colloquial term of address for a man, along the lines of e.g. mate
    Wie geit 't mèt diech jong?
    How are you doing mate?
  3. A young: a young being, especially an animal.
  • jungske (diminutive)

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joŋ/
  • Rhymes: -oŋ

Adjective

jong (masculine jongen, neuter jongt, comparative méi jong, superlative am jéngsten)

  1. (regional, dated) Alternative form of jonk

Declension


Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Min Nan (tsûng), from Proto-Min *-džionᴬ (ship, boat), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lawŋ (boat). Compare Old Chinese (OC *ɦljon).

Noun

jong (plural jong-jong, informal first-person singular possessive jongku, impolite second-person singular possessive jongmu, third-person singular possessive jongnya)

  1. junk (a Chinese ship)
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