მაფუსი

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محبوس (mahbus, “imprisoned”), derived from Arabic مَحْبُوس (maḥbūs).

Noun

მაფუსი • (mapusi) (Latin spelling mapusi) (Batumi)

  1. jail, prison
    Synonym: ხაფისხანა (xapisxana)
    ჟანდარმაფექ ნიჲაზი ქჲოჭოფეს დო მაფუსის მულოხუნასინონან
    jandarmapek niyazi kyoç̌opes do mapusis muloxunasinonan
    The police caught Niyazi and they are going to put him in prison(imprison him)

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mapusi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎[1] (in Turkish)
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