حفظ

See also: ح ف ظ

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح ف ظ (ḥ-f-ẓ).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa) I, non-past يَحْفَظُ‎ (yaḥfaẓu)

  1. to preserve, to conserve
  2. to protect, to guard, to defend
  3. to observe, to bear in mind, to comply
  4. to be mindful, to be heedful
  5. to keep up, to maintain, to sustain
  6. to retain, to uphold
  7. to hold, to have in safe-keeping, to take care
  8. to keep, to store, to put away
  9. to retain in memory, to remember, to know by heart
  10. to memorize, to commit to memory
  11. to reserve
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Swahili: hifadhi
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), حفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Verb

حَفَّظَ (ḥaffaẓa) II, non-past يُحَفِّظُ‎ (yuḥaffiẓu)

  1. (ditransitive, causative) to have someone memorize
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), حفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

حِفْظ (ḥifẓ) m

  1. verbal noun of حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa) (form I)
  2. preservation, maintenance, conservation, upholding
  3. protection, defense, guarding
  4. custody, safekeeping, storage
  5. observance, compliance
  6. memorization, memorizing, memory
  7. discontinuance, stay, suspension
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: حفظ (hıfz)
    • Turkish: hıfz
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), حفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa).

Verb

حفظ (ḥifiẓ) (perfect, imperfect يحفظ (yiḥfaẓ), verb form I)

  1. to memorize

Conjugation

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِفْظ (ḥifẓ).

Noun

حفظ (hifz)

  1. keeping
  2. guarding
  3. protection

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حِفْظ (ḥifẓ).

Pronunciation

Noun

حفظ (hefz)

  1. preservation; maintenance; conservation; upholding
  2. memorizing; memory

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ف ظ

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħi.fizˤ/, [ˈħɪ.fɪzˤ]
  • (file)

Verb

حفظ (ḥifiẓ) (form I, present بحفظ (biḥfaẓ))

  1. to memorize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of حفظ (ḥifiẓ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m حفظت (ḥfiẓt) حفظت (ḥfiẓt) حفظ (ḥifiẓ) حفظنا (ḥfiẓna) حفظتو (ḥfiẓtu) حفظو (ḥifẓu)
f حفظتي (ḥfiẓti) حفظت (ḥifẓat)
present m بحفظ (baḥfaẓ) بتحفظ (btiḥfaẓ) بحفظ (biḥfaẓ) منحفظ (mniḥfaẓ) بتحفظو (btiḥfaẓu) بحفظو (biḥfaẓu)
f بتحفظي (btiḥfaẓi) بتحفظ (btiḥfaẓ)
subjunctive m أحفظ (ʔaḥfaẓ) تحفظ (tiḥfaẓ) يحفظ (yiḥfaẓ) نحفظ (niḥfaẓ) تحفظو (tiḥfaẓu) يحفظو (yiḥfaẓu)
f تحفظي (tiḥfaẓi) تحفظ (tiḥfaẓ)
imperative m احفظ (iḥfaẓ) احفظو (iḥfaẓu)
f احفظي (iḥfaẓi)
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