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hapis.

prison, jail

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/haˈpis/
  1. prison, jail

  2. imprisonment, confinement

  3. A jail sentence; jailtime.

  4. A type of backgammon game.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حبس (haps, hapis, “a confining, an imprisoning, confinement, imprisonment”), from Arabic حَبْس (ḥabs, “imprisonment, prison”), verbal noun of حَبَسَ (ḥabasa, “to imprison, to hold back”).

adj/haˈpis/
  1. imprisoned, locked up

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حبس (haps, hapis, “a confining, an imprisoning, confinement, imprisonment”), from Arabic حَبْس (ḥabs, “imprisonment, prison”), verbal noun of حَبَسَ (ḥabasa, “to imprison, to hold back”).

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