hapis

Pronunciation: /haˈpis/

“hapis” is a Turkish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

prison, jail
imprisonment, confinement
A jail sentence; jailtime.
A type of backgammon game.

adjective

imprisoned, locked up

Etymology

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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More Turkish words

hanım böceği
hanımefendi
hanımeli
hap
hapishane
hapsetmek
hapsolmak
hapı yutmak

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