Jongとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• dzong

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /dʒɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA: /dʒɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA: /dʒɑŋ/
• 韻: -ɒŋ

名詞

jong (plural jongs)

1. A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
   • 1905, Perceval Landon, The Opening of Tibet:

     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.

   • 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Tauris Parke, published 2011, page 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, published 2010, page 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, published 2011, page 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.

語源 2

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

発音

• IPA: /jɒŋ/
• 韻: -ɒŋ

名詞

jong (plural jongs)

1. (South Africa, slang) A friendly term of address, especially for a young man.
   • 1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 28:

     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.

Further reading

• “jong, noun and interjection”, in Dictionary of South African English, Makhanda, Eastern Cape: Dictionary Unit for South African English, 1996–2025.
• “jong n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

語源 3

See djong.

発音

• IPA: /dʒɒŋ/
• 韻: -ɒŋ

名詞

jong (plural jongs)

1. Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”).