mahpus

Significado

Adj

imprisoned, locked up

Noun

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

Guionizado como

mah‧pus

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mahˈpus/

Etimoloxía

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”).

Oracións

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.