महफ़ूज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحْفُوظ (maḥfūẓ), passive participle of حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa, “to protect, guard”), from the root ح ف ظ (ḥ f ẓ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /məɦ.fuːz/, [mɛʱ.fuːz], /məɦ.pʰuːd͡ʒ/, [mɛʱ.pʰuːd͡ʒ]

Adjective

महफ़ूज़ • (mahfūz) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling محفوظ)

1. safe, secured

   Synonyms: सुरक्षित (surakṣit), रक्षित (rakṣit), सही-सलामत (sahī-salāmat)

Related terms

• हाफ़िज़ (hāfiz), मुहाफ़िज़ (muhāfiz), हिफ़ाज़त (hifāzat) (from the same Arabic root)