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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesहवालात
Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी
Pronunciation / Transliteration: havalaat
"संदिग्ध को रात भर हवालात में रखा गया था।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A secure, typically small room in a police station, courthouse, or prison used for temporarily holding suspects or prisoners.
"The suspect was placed in a detention-cell overnight pending his morning arraignment." - 2
A locked room used in schools or institutions for isolating individuals as a disciplinary measure.
"Troublesome students were occasionally sent to the administrative detention-cell during severe breaches of conduct."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'detention', derived from the Latin 'detinentem' (holding back, keeping) via Middle French, and 'cell', from the Latin 'cella' (a small room or hut). Established in modern English legal and penal terminology during the 19th century to denote secure, temporary confinement spaces.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Detention-cell" is said worldwide
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cellule de détention
Transliteration: selyl də detɑ̃sjɔ̃
"Le suspect a été enfermé dans une cellule de détention."
Haftzelle
Transliteration: haft·tsɛlə
"Der Verdächtige wurde in eine Haftzelle gebracht."
cella di detenzione
Transliteration: tʃɛlla di detentwˈjone
"L'arrestato è stato chiuso in una cella di detenzione."
celda de detención
Transliteration: ˈselda de detenˈsjon
"Pasó la noche en una celda de detención."
cela de detenção
Transliteration: ˈsɛlɐ dʒi detẽˈsɐ̃w
"O prisioneiro foi colocado na cela de detenção."
हवालात
Transliteration: havalaat
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"संदिग्ध को रात भर हवालात में रखा गया था।"
拘留室
Transliteration: jūliúshì
Script: 中文汉字
"嫌疑人被关押在拘留室里。"
유치장
Transliteration: yuchijang
Script: 한국어 한글
"용의자는 하룻밤 동안 유치장에 감금되었습니다."
留置所
Transliteration: ryūchijo
Script: 日本語
"容疑者は留置所に一晩入れられた。"
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