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Chinese
Etymology
Irregular romanisation of 正 (zeng3).
Pronunciation
Adjective
jeng
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) attractive; beautiful; awesome; fantastic
Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Javanese jöṅ (“foot”), possibly from Austroasiatic. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”), whence Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Bahnar jơ̆ng and Mon ဇိုၚ် (juiṅ).
Noun
jeng
- (literary) foot
References
- "jeng" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Cognate with Persian زنگ (zang) / ژنگ (žang, “rust”).
Pronunciation
Noun
| Central Kurdish
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ژەنگ (jeng)
|
jeng ? (Arabic spelling ژەنگ)
- rust
Zou
Pronunciation
Noun
jeng
- penis
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40