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muhafaza

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محافظه (muhafaza), from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa), verbal noun of حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa, “to preserve, protect”).

Noun edit

muhafaza (definite accusative muhafazayı, plural muhafazalar)

  1. defending, protecting
  2. defense, protection
  3. conservation, preservation

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References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhafaza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محافظه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1755
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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