აბაზა

Laz
An Abaza
Abkhazians are in Samsun sea port after Circassian - Russian War in 1864

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Abaza абаза (abaza).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑˈbɑzɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ა‧ბა‧ზა

Noun

აბაზა • (abaza) (Plural აბაზაფე, Latin spelling Abaza) (Atina, Artasheni, Vitse, Batumi)

  1. Abkhaz, Abaza
    Synonym: აფხაზი (apxazi)
    აბაზაფე სო ხენან, ფეჲა?
    abazape so xenan, peya?
    I wonder where the Abaza/Abkhazians live?

Usage notes
  • The Laz do not usually distinguish between Abkhaz and Abaza, who speak a different language and therefore form a separate ethnic group.

Further reading
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “Abaza”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “აბაზა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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