محافظه

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa), verbal noun of حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa).

Noun[edit]

محافظه (muhafaza)

  1. defense, protection; defending, protecting
  2. guard, watch
  3. conservation, maintenance

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: muhafaza

References[edit]

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “محافظه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1125
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhafaza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa). Doublet of محافظت.

Noun[edit]

محافظه (mohâfeze)

  1. conservativeness

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