აბაზა

Laz

An Abaza

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

Alternative forms

• აპაზა (ap̌aza) — Vitse, Lome

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^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “აბაზა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi