جنك

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

جَنْك or جُنْك (jank or junkm (plural جُنُوك (junūk))

  1. harp, or a kind thereof
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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From Malay jong, from Hokkien (chûn, boat).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

جُنْك (junkm (plural جُنُوك (junūk))

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

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian جنک.

Noun[edit]

جنك (cenk)

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

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ճենկ (čenk)