mahpus

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • mapus (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محبوس (mahbus, imprisoned, a prisoner, given in mortmain for the service of God),[1][2] from Arabic مَحْبُوس (maḥbūs), passive participle of حَبَسَ (ḥabasa, to imprison, to hold back).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mahˈpus/
  • Hyphenation: mah‧pus

Adjective

mahpus

  1. (of a person) imprisoned, locked up

Declension

Noun

mahpus (definite accusative mahpusu, plural mahpuslar)

  1. (colloquial) prison
  2. A type of backgammon game.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative mahpus
Definite accusative mahpusu
Singular Plural
Nominative mahpus mahpuslar
Definite accusative mahpusu mahpusları
Dative mahpusa mahpuslara
Locative mahpusta mahpuslarda
Ablative mahpustan mahpuslardan
Genitive mahpusun mahpusların
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular mahpusum mahpuslarım
2nd singular mahpussun mahpuslarsın
3rd singular mahpus
mahpustur
mahpuslar
mahpuslardır
1st plural mahpusuz mahpuslarız
2nd plural mahpussunuz mahpuslarsınız
3rd plural mahpuslar mahpuslardır

Derived terms

  • mahpushane
  • mahpusluk

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محبوس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1757
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “محبوس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1126
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahpus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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