Where does “ха̏пс” come from?

ха̏пс (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish حبس, from Arabic حَبْس — confinement.

ха̏пс (Serbo-Croatian): prison, confinement, situation of arrest

Definitions

  1. prison, confinement, situation of arrest

Ancestry of “ха̏пс”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishحبسimprisonment, confinement; prison, jail;...
2Arabicحَبْسconfinement

Words derived from “ха̏пс”

Every word from Arabic حَبْس →Every word from Ottoman Turkish حبس →
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