zindan
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian зинда́н (zindán), from Classical Persian زِنْدَان (zindān).
Noun
[edit]zindan (plural zindans)
- (Russia) an improvised prison cell consisting of a hole in the ground covered with a metal grille or grate.
- 2009 February 3, Arkady Babchenko, One Soldier's War, Grove Press, →ISBN:
- They should have brought a few journalists into the mountains or to us in Argun when Lisitsyn shot the soldier on the rack—that would be a hoot. Then they would know what real torture is. But with them it’s all zindan this and zindan that. I think they just like the word.
Translations
[edit]translations to be checked
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dungeon — see dungeon
prison — see prison
Azerbaijani
[edit]Cyrillic | зиндан | |
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Abjad | زندان |
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian زِنْدَان (zindān).
Noun
[edit]zindan (definite accusative zindanı, plural zindanlar)
Declension
[edit]Declension of zindan | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | zindan |
zindanlar | ||||||
definite accusative | zindanı |
zindanları | ||||||
dative | zindana |
zindanlara | ||||||
locative | zindanda |
zindanlarda | ||||||
ablative | zindandan |
zindanlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | zindanın |
zindanların |
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian سِنْدَان (sindān). For the initial voicing of /s/, see Azerbaijani zəngin.
Noun
[edit]zindan (definite accusative zindanı, plural zindanlar)
- anvil (block used in blacksmithing)
- çəkiclə zindan arasında ― between the hammer and the anvil
Declension
[edit]Declension of zindan | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | zindan |
zindanlar | ||||||
definite accusative | zindanı |
zindanları | ||||||
dative | zindana |
zindanlara | ||||||
locative | zindanda |
zindanlarda | ||||||
ablative | zindandan |
zindanlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | zindanın |
zindanların |
Crimean Tatar
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian زِنْدَان (zindān).
Noun
[edit]zindan
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | zindan | zindanlar |
genitive | zindannıñ | zindanlarnıñ |
dative | zindanğa | zindanlarğa |
accusative | zindannı | zindanlarnı |
locative | zindanda | zindanlarda |
ablative | zindandan | zindanlardan |
References
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زندان (zından, zindan), from Classical Persian زِنْدَان (zindān).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: zin‧dan
Noun
[edit]zindan (definite accusative zindanı, plural zindanlar)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “zindan”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
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