Hyphenation
dun·geonTurkish pronunciation
dʌncınPronunciation
/ˈdənʤən/ /ˈdʌnʤən/
Etymology
[ 'd&n-j&n ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English dungeo(u)n, dungun (“castle keep, prison cell below the castle, dungeon”), from Old French donjon (“castle keep”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *dungjo (“prison, dungeon, underground cellar”), from Proto-Germanic *dungjō(n), *dungō (“enclosed space, vault, bower, treasury”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhengh- (“to cover”). Cognate with Old English dung (“prison, dungeon”), Old Saxon dung (“underground cellar”), Old High German tung (“underground cellar”), Old Norse dyngja (“a lady's bower”). More at dung.