აბაზა
Laz
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editაბაზა • (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
edit- The Laz do not usually distinguish between Abkhaz and Abaza, who speak a different language and therefore form a separate ethnic group.
Further reading
edit- 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