محافظه
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa), verbal noun of حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa).
Noun edit
محافظه • (muhafaza)
- defense, protection; defending, protecting
- guard, watch
- conservation, maintenance
Descendants edit
- Turkish: muhafaza
References edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “محافظه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa). Doublet of محافظت.
Noun edit
محافظه • (mohâfeze)
Further reading edit
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “محافظه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim