mahpus

Anlam

Adj

imprisoned, locked up

Noun

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

Tireli olarak

mah‧pus

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/mahˈpus/

Etimoloji

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”).

Cümleler

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.