mahpus

Significat (anglès)

Adj

imprisoned, locked up

Noun

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

Amb guionet com

mah‧pus

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/mahˈpus/

Etimologia (anglès)

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

Sents

Yalnız kır saçlı bir mahpus bana hapishaneye ilk geldiği senelere ait bir vaka anlattı.

A gray-haired prisoner told me about a case from his first years in prison.