აბაზა
Laz
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An Abaza
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Abkhazians are in Samsun sea port after Circassian - Russian War in 1864
Alternative forms
- აპაზა (aṗaza) – 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)
- 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 (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “აბაზა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi