jong

See also Jong

English

Alternative forms

• dzong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /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.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jongen.

Noun

jong (plural jongens)

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

Synonyms

• (boy): seun

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-. Compare West Frisian jong, German jung, English young, Danish ung.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

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Adjective

jong (comparative jonger, superlative jongst)

1. young
2. new

Declension

Declension of jong

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		jong	jonger
neuter singular	indefinite	jong	jonger
	definite	jonge	jongere	jongste	jongst, jongste
common singular		jonge	jongere	jongste	jongste
plural		jonge	jongere	jongste	jongste
partitive		jongs	jongers

Antonyms

• oud

Noun

jong n (plural jongen)

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

See also

• jongen

Verb

jong

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

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Limburgish

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.

Related terms

• jungske (diminutive)

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

jong

1. young (of an animal)
2. unweaned

Declension

declension of jong

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
accusative	jongen	jong	jongt	jong
nominative	jongen	jong	jongt	jong
dative	jongen	jonger	jongen	jongen

Related terms

• Jongfra
• jonk

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Malay

Noun

jong

1. junk (a Chinese ship)

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Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German junc, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-.

Adjective

jong

1. young

Antonyms

• aołd