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zindan

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

an improvised prison cell consisting of a hole in the ground covered with a metal grille or grate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Russia

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зинда́н (zindán), from Classical Persian زِنْدَان (zindān).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: զնդան (zndan) — translations to be checked
  • Azerbaijani: zindan — translations to be checked
  • Bulgarian: занда́н (zandán) — translations to be checked
  • Kazakh: зындан (zyndan) — translations to be checked
  • Northern Kurdish: zindan — translations to be checked
  • Kyrgyz: зындан (zından) — translations to be checked
  • Macedonian: зандана (zandana) — translations to be checked
  • Persian: زِندان (zendân) — translations to be checked
  • Russian: зинда́н (zindán) — translations to be checked
  • Serbo-Croatian: зѝнда̄н — translations to be checked
  • Serbo-Croatian: zìndān — translations to be checked
  • Tajik: зиндон (zindon) — translations to be checked
  • Turkish: zindan — translations to be checked
  • Ottoman Turkish: زندان (zindan) — translations to be checked
  • Uyghur: زىندان (zindan) — translations to be checked
  • Uzbek: zindon — translations to be checked