cezaevi

Turkish

Etymology

From ceza (“punishment”) +‎ ev (“home, house, building”) +‎ -i (“possessive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈzaːe.vi/
• Hyphenation: ce‧za‧e‧vi

Noun

cezaevi (definite accusative cezaevini, plural cezaevleri)

1. (informal) prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)

   Synonyms: hapis, hapishane, mahpus

Declension

Declension of cezaevi

	singular	plural
nominative	cezaevi	cezaevleri
definite accusative	cezaevini	cezaevlerini
dative	cezaevine	cezaevlerine
locative	cezaevinde	cezaevlerinde
ablative	cezaevinden	cezaevlerinden
genitive	cezaevinin	cezaevlerinin

References

• “cezaevi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu