jong
A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
Noun
- 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...
- When they had gone I went for a solitary ride, rounding the Jong and striking out into the country through a subsidiary village. - 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Tauris Parke, published 2011, page 211:
- However, the Tibetans refused to negotiate – except on the British side of the frontier – and withdrew into their fortress, or jong. - 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 451:
Origin
From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “fortress, castle; province, district”).
Forms
Noun South Africa, slang
- A friendly term of address, especially for a young man.
- 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. - 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories,...
Origin
Borrowed from Afrikaans jong (“male servant; boy”), from Dutch jongen (“young”).
Forms
Noun alt of, alternative
- Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”).
Origin
See djong.