محافظت

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.hɑː.fa.zat]

 

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

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

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

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɦɔ.fä.zät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	muhāfazat
Dari reading?	mohāfazat
Iranian reading?	mohâfezat
Tajik reading?	mühofazat

Noun

محافظت • (mohâfezat)

1. protection

Descendants

• → Urdu: محافظت (muhāfazat)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محافظت (muhāfazat), from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɦɑː.fə.zət̪/

Noun

مُحافَظَت • (muhāfazat) f (Hindi spelling मुहाफ़ज़त)

1. defending, protecting, guarding; keeping in custody
2. preservation, protection, guardianship; custody, care

Further reading

• “محافظت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “محافظت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.