حبسخانه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian (habsxâne), equivalent to حبس (habs, “imprisonment”) +‎ خانه (hane, “house”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [hɑpshɑˈnɛ], [hɑpsɑˈnɛ], [hɑpishɑˈnɛ], [hɑpisɑˈnɛ]

Noun

حبسخانه • (hapshane, hapishane)

prison, jail
Synonyms: زندان (zından, zindan), قفس (kafes)

Derived terms

حبسخانه‌جی (hapshaneci, hapishaneci, “prison guard”)

Descendants

Turkish: hapishane
→ Albanian: hapsane, hapsanë
→ Armenian: հափսանա (hapʻsana)
→ Aromanian: hãpseáne, hãpsáne, hãpsáni, hãpsanáu
→ Bulgarian: апсана́ (apsaná), хапсана́ (hapsaná)
→ Macedonian: апсана (apsana)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: хапса̀на

Latin script: hapsàna

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