jong

• dzong

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒɒŋ/

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.

From Dutch jongen.

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋ/

jong (plural jongens)

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

   Synonym: seun

• jonk

jong

1. attributive form of jonk

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

• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

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jong (comparative jonger, superlative jongst)

1. young
2. new

• oud

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

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

jong

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

• jongen

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

jong

1. young

• aajd

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)

• IPA^(key): /joŋ/
• Rhymes: -oŋ

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

1. (regional, dated) Alternative form of jonk

• Jong
• Jongfra

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

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)