جنك

See also: جنګ, خنک, چنگ, خنگ, حنك, جنک, and جنگ

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 Min Nan (tsûng, 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
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