köken: From Middle High German (ge)vancnisse, (ge)vencnisse (“capture, captivity”), since 15th century for the place of the captivity, equivalent to gefangen (“caught”) + -nis. More at fangen (“to catch”). Cognate with Dutch gevangenis.
eş: prigione, galera, penitenziario, casa circondariale, stabilimento carcerario, casa di pena
köken: From Latin carcerem, from Proto-Italic *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”), in the sense of “enclosure”. Cognate to Old Catalan càrcer/carçre, Spanish cárcel and Portuguese cárcere.
köken: First attested in a medieval Turkic language in the 11th century by Mahmud al-Kashgari. Appears to have spread to modern languages via Literary Chagatai. Alternatively, may have been borrowed from or mediated by the Russian тюрьма́ (tjurʹmá). Note, however, that the etymology of the latter is disputed between Turkic and Germanic. Cognate with Kazakh түрме (türme), Kyrgyz түрмө (türmö), Southern…
köken: Appears to be a coinage in Japan as a replacement for the Chinese-derived term 監獄 (kangoku, “prison, jail”). Analyzable as a compound of 刑(けい) (kei, “penance, penalty”) + 務(む) (mu, “work; something that must be done”) + 所(しょ) (-sho, “place”). Attested in the 現代用語辞典 (Gendai Yōgo Jiten, “Modern Term Dictionary”) of 1925.
cell; a room in a prison. · Cell; a room in a monastery for sleeping one person. · Cell; a small group of people forming part of a larger organization.
prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) · confinement, imprisonment · prison (any restrictive environment)
çekim: çoğul börtönök
köken: First attested in 1261. Of unknown origin. Its original (now obsolete) meaning was executioner; jailer. Its modern sense probably developed by splitting from the compound word börtönház (“prison, the house of the prison guard”, literally “prison house”) [1675].