محافظت
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa). Doublet of محافظه.
Noun edit
محافظت • (mohâfezat)
Descendants edit
- → Urdu: محافظت (muhāfazat)
Further reading edit
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “محافظت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian محافظت (muhāfazat), from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.ɦɑː.fə.zət̪/
Noun edit
مُحافَظَت • (muhāfazat) f (Hindi spelling मुहाफ़ज़त)
- defending, protecting, guarding; keeping in custody
- preservation, protection, guardianship; custody, care
Further reading edit
- “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.