زنزانة

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Arabic

Etymology

Derived from Middle Persian zyndʾn' (zēndān, prison).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zin.zaː.na/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

زِنْزَانَة (zinzānaf (plural زِنْزَانَات (zinzānāt))

  1. gaol cell, dungeon, oubliette

Declension

References

  • زنزانة” in Almaany
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زنزانة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 532