hapis
Meaning
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- prison, jail
- imprisonment, confinement
- A jail sentence; jailtime.
- A type of backgammon game.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ha‧pis
Pronounced as (IPA)
/haˈpis/
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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Sentences
Krstiç şu anda kırk altı 46 yıllık hapis cezasını çekmekte.
46
Krstic is currently serving a 46-year prison term.
Birahane Darbesi'ne katılmış ve dört 4 buçuk ay 🌔 hapis cezasına çarptırılmıştır.
4
🌔
He participated in the Brewery Coup and was sentenced to four and a half months in prison.
