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jail meaning in Marathi

तुरुंग turuṅga

/d͡ʒeɪl/

jail in Marathi: तुरुंग (turuṅga). In English, jail means a place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Marathi words for jail

jail, prison
तुरुंग turuṅga

English meaning of jail

  1. noun A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
  2. noun Confinement in a jail.
  3. noun The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
  4. noun In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.

Full definition of jail

jail in a sentence

  • He was sent to jail for theft.
  • She visited her brother in jail.

Synonyms of jail

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Questions about jail in Marathi

What is the meaning of jail in Marathi?
Jail in Marathi is तुरुंग (turuṅga).
jail चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Jail: तुरुंग (turuṅga).
What does jail mean in English?
Jail means a place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

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Marathi words from Wiktionary's Marathi entries whose English meaning is “jail”: तुरुंग. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: jail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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