mahpus
Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- mapus (colloquial)
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mahpus
- (of a person) imprisoned, locked up
Declension
[edit]| present tense | ||
|---|---|---|
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I am) | mahpusum | mahpus muyum? |
| sen (you are) | mahpussun | mahpus musun? |
| o (he/she/it is) | mahpus / mahpustur | mahpus mu? |
| biz (we are) | mahpusuz | mahpus muyuz? |
| siz (you are) | mahpussunuz | mahpus musunuz? |
| onlar (they are) | mahpus(lar) | mahpus(lar) mı? |
| past tense | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | mahpustum | mahpus muydum? |
| sen (you were) | mahpustun | mahpus muydun? |
| o (he/she/it was) | mahpustu | mahpus muydu? |
| biz (we were) | mahpustuk | mahpus muyduk? |
| siz (you were) | mahpustunuz | mahpus muydunuz? |
| onlar (they were) | mahpustular | mahpus muydular? |
| indirect past | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | mahpusmuşum | mahpus muymuşum? |
| sen (you were) | mahpusmuşsun | mahpus muymuşsun? |
| o (he/she/it was) | mahpusmuş | mahpus muymuş? |
| biz (we were) | mahpusmuşuz | mahpus muymuşuz? |
| siz (you were) | mahpusmuşsunuz | mahpus muymuşsunuz? |
| onlar (they were) | mahpusmuşlar | mahpus muymuşlar? |
| conditional | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (if I) | mahpussam | mahpus muysam? |
| sen (if you) | mahpussan | mahpus muysan? |
| o (if he/she/it) | mahpussa | mahpus muysa? |
| biz (if we) | mahpussak | mahpus muysak? |
| siz (if you) | mahpussanız | mahpus muysanız? |
| onlar (if they) | mahpussalar | mahpus muysalar? |
For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.
Noun
[edit]mahpus (definite accusative mahpusu, plural mahpuslar)
- (colloquial) prison
- A type of backgammon game.
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محبوس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1757
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “محبوس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1126
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahpus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “mahpus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mahpus”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3019