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
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