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Meaning of zindan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

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

Russia

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca zindan
فارسی زندان
Հայերեն զնդան
Kurdî zindan
Македонски зандана
Русский зиндан
Тоҷикӣ зиндон
Türkçe zindan
ئۇيغۇرچە زىندان

Examples

“They should have brought a few journalists into the mountains or to us in Argun when Lisitsyn shot the soldier on the rack—that would be a hoot. Then they would know what real torture is. But with them it’s all zindan this and zindan that. I think they just like the word.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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