سجن

العربية

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سجن

/sid͡ʒn/

verb سَجَنَ · sajana · يَسْجُنُ · سَجْن · سَاجِن

to confine, to imprison وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَا آمُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ
to conceal in one's inner

noun سَجْن · sajn · السَّجْن · سَجْنٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of سَجَنَ (sajana) (form I)
confinement, imprisonment

noun سِجْن · sijn · سُجُون · السِّجْن

prison, jail

In English

imprisonment confinement
prison place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes
jail place for short-term confinement
incarceration act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment — see also impris
imprison put in prison

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {سجن},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}