hapis

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/haˈpis/
Etymology

In summary

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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