جنك

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian چنگ (čang, “harp”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (čang, “harp”), from which earlier already borrowed صَنْج (ṣanj, “harp; cymbal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒank/ or IPA(key): /d͡ʒunk/

Noun

جَنْك or جُنْك • (jank or junk) m (plural جُنُوك (junūk))

  1. harp, or a kind thereof
Declension

Etymology 2

From Malay jong, from Hokkien 船 (chûn, “boat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒunk/

Noun

جُنْك • (junk) m (plural جُنُوك (junūk))

  1. junk, a flat Southeast Asian ship with two to three masts and square bows
Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جنک.

Noun

جنك • (cenk)

  1. battle, war
    Synonyms: پیکار, حرب, صاواش

Descendants

  • → Armenian: ճենկ (čenk)
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