حبسخانه

Ottoman Turkish

حبسخانه

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

حبسخانه • (hapshane, hapishane)

1. 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