different between jong vs jyng

English

Alternative forms

• dzong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???/

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): /j??/

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 *h?yuh?n??ós. Compare German jung, English young, Danish ung, Icelandic ungur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

jong (comparative jonger, superlative jongst)

1. young
2. new

Inflection

Antonyms

• oud

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

• jongen

Garo

Noun

jong

1. younger brother

Synonyms

• jonggipa (formal)
• jojong
• angjong

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?yuh?n??ós.

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

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

Related terms

• jungske (diminutive)

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo?/
• Rhymes: -o?

Adjective

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

1. (regional, dated) Alternative form of jonk

Declension

Related terms

• Jong
• Jongfra

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Min Nan ? (tsûng), from Proto-Min *-džion? (“ship, boat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-law? (“boat”). Compare Old Chinese ? (OC *?ljon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d????/
• Rhymes: -d????, -??
• Hyphenation: jong

Noun

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

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

Further reading

• “jong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o??/

Noun

jong

1. monkey

References

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

English

Noun

jyng (plural jynges)

1. Obsolete form of jynx. [17^th C.]