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(usually Central Asia, Ottoman Turkey, Iran,Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan or North Caucasus)(historical)zindan(an improvised cell consisting of a hole in the ground covered with a metal grille)
(Chechnya,Ukraine) any improvised earth prison during the two Chechen wars, and during the Russo-Ukrainian War in the territories occupied by Russia.