jong

See also: Jong

English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• dzong

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒɒŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /dʒɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /dʒɑŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

jong (plural jongs)

1. A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
   • 1905, Perceval Landon, The Opening of Tibet:

     The rock on which the jong stands must at one time have been lapped by the waters of the lake, but at the present time the Yam-dok tso has retreated so far, that a quashy stretch of vivid green quagmire spreads between the road and the shore.

   • 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Tauris Parke, published 2011, page 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, published 2010, page 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, published 2011, page 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.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Afrikaans jong (“male servant; boy”), from Dutch jongen (“young”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɒŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

jong (plural jongs)

1. (South Africa, slang) A friendly term of address, especially for a young man.
   • 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 28:

     I take out my pocket knife and start to smooth it. What do you want with that stick says Jan. Nothing. Well throw it away. No jong I am going to keep it.

Further reading

• “jong, noun and interjection”, in Dictionary of South African English, Makhanda, Eastern Cape: Dictionary Unit for South African English, 1996–2024.
• “jong n.¹”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Etymology 3

See djong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɒŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

jong (plural jongs)

1. Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”).

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jongen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋ/

• Audio:

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Noun

jong (plural jongens)

1. A male servant.
2. (rare) A boy.

   Synonym: seun

Related terms

• jonk

Adjective

jong

1. attributive form of jonk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. Compare German jung, English young, Danish ung, Icelandic ungur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

• Audio:

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Adjective

jong (comparative jonger, superlative jongst)

1. young
2. new

Declension

Declension of jong
uninflected	jong
inflected	jonge
comparative	jonger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		jong	jonger	het jongst het jongste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	jonge	jongere	jongste
	n. sing.	jong	jonger	jongste
	plural	jonge	jongere	jongste
definite		jonge	jongere	jongste
partitive		jongs	jongers	—

Antonyms

• oud

Derived terms

• jong geleerd is oud gedaan
• jongeheer
• verjongen

 

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: junggu
• Negerhollands: jun
• Skepi Creole Dutch: jungu
• → Papiamentu: yòn, jonk
• → Saramaccan: njonku

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• rotjong

Descendants

• Negerhollands: jong, juṅ
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: jun (dated)

Verb

jong

1. inflection of jongen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

See also

• jongen

Garo

Noun

jong

1. younger brother

Synonyms

• jonggipa (formal)
• jojong
• angjong

Javanese

Romanization

jong

1. Romanization of ꦗꦺꦴꦁ

Khasi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟoŋ/

Particle

jong

1. genitive particle, of

   paralok jong nga ― my friend

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• jónk (Central Limburgish, East Limburgish, Southeast Limburgish, North Limburgish)
  • joonk (Maastrichtian)
  • jonk (Southeast Limburgish, Eupen)
• jóng (widespread variant)

Etymology

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

Adjective

jong

1. (rare variant) young

Alternative forms

• Jong (German-based spelling)
• jonk, Jonk (Southeast Limburgish)

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.

Related terms

• 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

declension of jong

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass jong	si ass jong	et ass jong	si si(nn) jong
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	jongen	jong	jongt	jong
	independent without determiner			jonges	jonger
dative	after any declined word	jongen	jonger	jongen	jongen
	as first declined word	jongem		jongem

Related terms

• Jong
• Jongfra

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from either:

• Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), possibly ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”).
• Hokkien 船 (chûn) or Teochew 船 (zung⁵), from Proto-Min *-džionᴬ (“ship, boat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lawŋ (“boat”). Compare Old Chinese 船 (OC *ɦljon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒɔŋ, -ɔŋ
• Hyphenation: jong

Noun

jong (Jawi spelling جوڠ, plural jong-jong, informal 1st possessive jongku, 2nd possessive jongmu, 3rd possessive jongnya)

1. Jong (a Javanese-Malay cargo and passenger ship)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: jung (inherited)
• → Arabic: جُنْك (junk)
  • → Dutch: jonk, djonk
  • → Portuguese: junco, junquo, jungo
    • → English: junk
    • → Italian: giunco, giunca, giunchi (plural), giunche (plural), zonchi (plural)
      • → French: jonque
      • → German: Junke, Juncke, Dschunke
      • → Latin: junkus, iunca, iuncus
        • → Dutch: ionco, iunco
        • → Italian: ioncque
          • → French: ionct
          • → Spanish: iuncque
    • → Spanish: junco, juanga, joanga

Further reading

• “jong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• “junk, n.³”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2024.

Zou

Jong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟoŋ˧/

Noun

jong

1. monkey

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40