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jail in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- sijn
- Arabizi
sijn- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- سُجُون sujūn
- Root
- س ج ن
Other meanings
- سِجْن sijn — prison · prison
How to use it
The word سجن (sijn) refers to a place where people are legally held as punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial. It can be translated as 'jail' or 'prison'.
Example sentences
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حُكم عليه بالسجن لمدة خمس سنوات.
ḥukima ʿalayhi bis-sijni limuddatin khamsi sanawāt.
He was sentenced to five years in jail.
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الشرطة ألقت القبض على اللص وأرسلته إلى السجن.
ash-shurṭatu alqat al-qabḍa ʿalā al-liṣṣi wa-arsalathu ilā as-sijn.
The police caught the thief and sent him to jail.
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زيارة السجن ممنوعة بدون إذن.
ziyāratu as-sijni mamnūʿatun bidūni ʾidhn.
Visiting the jail is forbidden without permission.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Sami went to jail.
دخل سامي السّجن.
You're going to jail.
أنت داخل السّجن.
Fadil is in jail now.
سامي في السّجن الآن.
Sami was sent to jail.
أُرسل سامي إلى السّجن.
Sami went back to jail.
عاد سامي إلى السّجن.
Sami met Farid in jail.
تعرّف سامي بفريد في السّجن.
Layla was taken to jail.
نُقلت ليلى إلى السّجن.
Sami is sitting in jail.
سامي قابع في السّجن.
Sami sat in a jail cell.
كان سامي قابعا في زنزانة سجن.
Layla escaped a jail term.
نجت ليلى من عقوبة سجن.
Sami deserved more time in jail.
كان سامي يستحقّ قضاء وقت أكثر في السّجن.
Al-Ayaf has been in jail for six years now. He was tried and acquitted, but he still remains in jail.
وكان العياف قد قضى ست سنوات في المعتقل، وبرغم أنه حوكم وتمت تبرئته، إلا أنه لا يزال معتقلاً حتى الآن.
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