محافظت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَافَظَة‎ (muḥāfaẓa). Doublet of ‎.

Noun

محافظت • (mohâfez-et)

protection

Descendants

→ Urdu: محافظت‎ (muhāfazat)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎, from Arabic مُحَافَظَة‎ (muḥāfaẓa).

Pronunciation

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

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɦɑː.fə.zət̪/

Noun

مُحافَظَت • (muhāfazat) f (Hindi spelling मुहाफ़ज़त)

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

Further reading

“محافظت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (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.

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