محافظه

See also: محافظة and محافظہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

محافظه • (muhafaza)

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

Descendants

• Turkish: muhafaza

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “محافظه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.haː.fa.ˈza/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦɑː.fä.zä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦɑː.fä.zä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.wɑː.fä.zä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.wɔː.fä.zä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɦɒː.fe.ze]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɦɔ.fi.zä]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	muhāfaza
Dari reading?	mohāfaza
Iranian reading?	mohâfeze
Tajik reading?	muhofiza

Noun

محافظه • (muhāfaza / mohâfeze) (Tajik spelling муҳофиза)

1. conservativeness
2. protection

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “محافظه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim