jonque.
junk (type of ship)
Meaning & usage
junk (type of ship)
Where this word comes from
From Italian giunca / giunco, from Portuguese junco, from Arabic جُنْك (junk), from Malay jong, from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), from Old Javanese joṅ (“seagoing ship”), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”). Compare German Dschunke, Spanish junco, English junk, Dutch jonk.
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