Where does “uhapsiti” come from?
uhapsiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Turkish hapis, from Ottoman Turkish حبس, from Arabic حَبْس — confinement.
uhapsiti (Serbo-Croatian): to arrest
Ancestry of “uhapsiti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | hapis | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | حبس | imprisonment, confinement; prison, jail;... |
| 3 | Arabic | حَبْس | confinement |