rajong

Hungarian

Etymology

From the noun raj + -ong. A calque of German schwärmen (to swarm, to gush, to enthuse), from Schwarm (swarm). Created during the Hungarian language reform which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɒjoŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧jong

Verb

rajong

  1. (transitive) to be enthusiastic about/over something, have a passion for something (-ért)
  2. (transitive) to be an admirer of somebody, adore somebody (-ért)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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