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Jong

//dʒɔŋ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.

    "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."

  2. 2
    A friendly term of address, especially for a young man. South-Africa, slang

    "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."

  3. 3
    Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

See djong.

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