hapis

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. prison, jail
2. imprisonment, confinement
3. A jail sentence; jailtime.
4. A type of backgammon game.

Adj

imprisoned, locked up

Hifenizado como

ha‧pis

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/haˈpis/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).