muhafaza

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محافظه‎ (muhafaza), from Arabic مُحَافَظَة‎ (muḥāfaẓa), verbal noun of حَافَظَ‎ (ḥāfaẓa, “to preserve, protect”). Compare Azerbaijani mühafizə (“preservation”).

Noun

muhafaza (definite accusative muhafazayı, plural muhafazalar)

defending, protecting
defense, protection
conservation, preservation

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “muhafaza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “محافظه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1755
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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