حافظ
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ديوان حافظ (Hafez's collection of poems)
Hâfez-e Shirâzi
Arabic
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| ح ف ظ (ḥ-f-ẓ) |
Pronunciation
Verb
حَافَظَ • (ḥāfaẓa) III, non-past يُحَافِظُ (yuḥāfiẓu)
- to preserve, to maintain, to keep up, to uphold, to sustain
- to supervise, to control, to watch over, to watch out for
- to take care, to attend, to pay attention
- to keep, to follow, to observe, to comply, to conform
- to protect, to guard, to defend
Conjugation
Conjugation of
حَافَظَ
(form-III sound)| verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر |
حِفَاظ or مُحَافَظَة ḥifāẓ or muḥāfaẓa | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
muḥāfiẓ | |||||||||||
| passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
muḥāfaẓ | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ḥāfaẓtu |
ḥāfaẓta |
حَافَظَ ḥāfaẓa |
ḥāfaẓtumā |
ḥāfaẓā |
ḥāfaẓnā |
ḥāfaẓtum |
ḥāfaẓū | |||
| f | ḥāfaẓti |
ḥāfaẓat |
ḥāfaẓatā |
ḥāfaẓtunna |
ḥāfaẓna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuḥāfiẓu |
tuḥāfiẓu |
yuḥāfiẓu |
tuḥāfiẓāni |
yuḥāfiẓāni |
nuḥāfiẓu |
tuḥāfiẓūna |
yuḥāfiẓūna | |||
| f | tuḥāfiẓīna |
tuḥāfiẓu |
tuḥāfiẓāni |
tuḥāfiẓna |
yuḥāfiẓna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuḥāfiẓa |
tuḥāfiẓa |
yuḥāfiẓa |
tuḥāfiẓā |
yuḥāfiẓā |
nuḥāfiẓa |
tuḥāfiẓū |
yuḥāfiẓū | |||
| f | tuḥāfiẓī |
tuḥāfiẓa |
tuḥāfiẓā |
tuḥāfiẓna |
yuḥāfiẓna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuḥāfiẓ |
tuḥāfiẓ |
yuḥāfiẓ |
tuḥāfiẓā |
yuḥāfiẓā |
nuḥāfiẓ |
tuḥāfiẓū |
yuḥāfiẓū | |||
| f | tuḥāfiẓī |
tuḥāfiẓ |
tuḥāfiẓā |
tuḥāfiẓna |
yuḥāfiẓna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر |
m | حَافِظْ ḥāfiẓ |
ḥāfiẓā |
ḥāfiẓū |
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| f | ḥāfiẓī |
ḥāfiẓna | ||||||||||
| passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | — | — | ḥūfiẓa |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | — | — | yuḥāfaẓu |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | — | — | yuḥāfaẓa |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | — | — | yuḥāfaẓ |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Etymology 2
Derived from the active participle of حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa, “to guard, to keep; to memorize”), from the root ح ف ظ (ḥ-f-ẓ). The Persian poet was named such as he had memorised the Qurʾān.
Pronunciation
Noun
حَافِظ • (ḥāfiẓ) m (plural حَافِظُونَ (ḥāfiẓūna) or حُفَّاظ (ḥuffāẓ) or حَفَظَة (ḥafaẓa), feminine حَافِظَة (ḥāfiẓa))
Declension
Declension of noun حَافِظ (ḥāfiẓ)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَافِظ ḥāfiẓ |
الْحَافِظ al-ḥāfiẓ |
حَافِظ ḥāfiẓ |
حَافِظَة ḥāfiẓa |
الْحَافِظَة al-ḥāfiẓa |
حَافِظَة ḥāfiẓat |
| Nominative | حَافِظٌ ḥāfiẓun |
الْحَافِظُ al-ḥāfiẓu |
حَافِظُ ḥāfiẓu |
حَافِظَةٌ ḥāfiẓatun |
الْحَافِظَةُ al-ḥāfiẓatu |
حَافِظَةُ ḥāfiẓatu |
| Accusative | حَافِظًا ḥāfiẓan |
الْحَافِظَ al-ḥāfiẓa |
حَافِظَ ḥāfiẓa |
حَافِظَةً ḥāfiẓatan |
الْحَافِظَةَ al-ḥāfiẓata |
حَافِظَةَ ḥāfiẓata |
| Genitive | حَافِظٍ ḥāfiẓin |
الْحَافِظِ al-ḥāfiẓi |
حَافِظِ ḥāfiẓi |
حَافِظَةٍ ḥāfiẓatin |
الْحَافِظَةِ al-ḥāfiẓati |
حَافِظَةِ ḥāfiẓati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَافِظَيْن ḥāfiẓayn |
الْحَافِظَيْن al-ḥāfiẓayn |
حَافِظَيْ ḥāfiẓay |
حَافِظَتَيْن ḥāfiẓatayn |
الْحَافِظَتَيْن al-ḥāfiẓatayn |
حَافِظَتَيْ ḥāfiẓatay |
| Nominative | حَافِظَانِ ḥāfiẓāni |
الْحَافِظَانِ al-ḥāfiẓāni |
حَافِظَا ḥāfiẓā |
حَافِظَتَانِ ḥāfiẓatāni |
الْحَافِظَتَانِ al-ḥāfiẓatāni |
حَافِظَتَا ḥāfiẓatā |
| Accusative | حَافِظَيْنِ ḥāfiẓayni |
الْحَافِظَيْنِ al-ḥāfiẓayni |
حَافِظَيْ ḥāfiẓay |
حَافِظَتَيْنِ ḥāfiẓatayni |
الْحَافِظَتَيْنِ al-ḥāfiẓatayni |
حَافِظَتَيْ ḥāfiẓatay |
| Genitive | حَافِظَيْنِ ḥāfiẓayni |
الْحَافِظَيْنِ al-ḥāfiẓayni |
حَافِظَيْ ḥāfiẓay |
حَافِظَتَيْنِ ḥāfiẓatayni |
الْحَافِظَتَيْنِ al-ḥāfiẓatayni |
حَافِظَتَيْ ḥāfiẓatay |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| sound masculine plural; basic broken plural triptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | sound feminine plural | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حَافِظِين; حُفَّاظ; حَفَظَة ḥāfiẓīn; ḥuffāẓ; ḥafaẓa |
الْحَافِظِين; الْحُفَّاظ; الْحَفَظَة al-ḥāfiẓīn; al-ḥuffāẓ; al-ḥafaẓa |
حَافِظِي; حُفَّاظ; حَفَظَة ḥāfiẓī; ḥuffāẓ; ḥafaẓat |
حَافِظَات ḥāfiẓāt |
الْحَافِظَات al-ḥāfiẓāt |
حَافِظَات ḥāfiẓāt |
| Nominative | حَافِظُونَ; حُفَّاظٌ; حَفَظَةٌ ḥāfiẓūna; ḥuffāẓun; ḥafaẓatun |
الْحَافِظُونَ; الْحُفَّاظُ; الْحَفَظَةُ al-ḥāfiẓūna; al-ḥuffāẓu; al-ḥafaẓatu |
حَافِظُو; حُفَّاظُ; حَفَظَةُ ḥāfiẓū; ḥuffāẓu; ḥafaẓatu |
حَافِظَاتٌ ḥāfiẓātun |
الْحَافِظَاتُ al-ḥāfiẓātu |
حَافِظَاتُ ḥāfiẓātu |
| Accusative | حَافِظِينَ; حُفَّاظًا; حَفَظَةً ḥāfiẓīna; ḥuffāẓan; ḥafaẓatan |
الْحَافِظِينَ; الْحُفَّاظَ; الْحَفَظَةَ al-ḥāfiẓīna; al-ḥuffāẓa; al-ḥafaẓata |
حَافِظِي; حُفَّاظَ; حَفَظَةَ ḥāfiẓī; ḥuffāẓa; ḥafaẓata |
حَافِظَاتٍ ḥāfiẓātin |
الْحَافِظَاتِ al-ḥāfiẓāti |
حَافِظَاتِ ḥāfiẓāti |
| Genitive | حَافِظِينَ; حُفَّاظٍ; حَفَظَةٍ ḥāfiẓīna; ḥuffāẓin; ḥafaẓatin |
الْحَافِظِينَ; الْحُفَّاظِ; الْحَفَظَةِ al-ḥāfiẓīna; al-ḥuffāẓi; al-ḥafaẓati |
حَافِظِي; حُفَّاظِ; حَفَظَةِ ḥāfiẓī; ḥuffāẓi; ḥafaẓati |
حَافِظَاتٍ ḥāfiẓātin |
الْحَافِظَاتِ al-ḥāfiẓāti |
حَافِظَاتِ ḥāfiẓāti |
Proper noun
حَافِظ • (ḥāfiẓ) m
- a male given name, Hafez, Hafiz
- Hafez aš-Šīrāzi, a famous mystic 14th century Persian poet, who also wrote in Arabic and whose poems are sometimes used as omens.
Declension
Declension of noun حَافِظ (ḥāfiẓ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | حَافِظ ḥāfiẓ |
— |
| Nominative | — | حَافِظٌ ḥāfiẓun |
— |
| Accusative | — | حَافِظًا ḥāfiẓan |
— |
| Genitive | — | حَافِظٍ ḥāfiẓin |
— |
Derived terms
- فَال حَافِظ (fāl ḥāfiẓ, “Hafez's Omen, the action and process of opening the book to ask for an omen”)
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic حَافِظ (ḥāfiẓ), the active participle of the verb حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa, “to preserve, to protect, to defend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hāfiz |
| Dari reading? | hāfiz |
| Iranian reading? | hâfez |
| Tajik reading? | hofiz |
Adjective
حافظ • (hâfez)
Noun
حافظ • (hâfez) (plural حافظان (hâfezân))
Proper noun
حافظ • (hâfez)
Related terms
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ح ف ظ |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa).
Pronunciation
Verb
حافظ • (ḥāfaẓ) III (present بحافظ (biḥāfeẓ))
Conjugation
| Conjugation of حافظ (ḥāfaẓ) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| past | m | حافظت (ḥāfaẓt) | حافظت (ḥāfaẓt) | حافظ (ḥāfaẓ) | حافظنا (ḥāfaẓna) | حافظتو (ḥāfaẓtu) | حافظو (ḥāfaẓu) | |
| f | حافظتي (ḥāfaẓti) | حافظت (ḥāfaẓat) | ||||||
| present | m | بحافظ (baḥāfeẓ) | بتحافظ (bitḥāfeẓ) | بحافظ (biḥāfeẓ) | منحافظ (minḥāfeẓ) | بتحافظو (bitḥāfẓu) | بحافظو (biḥāfẓu) | |
| f | بتحافظي (bitḥāfẓi) | بتحافظ (bitḥāfeẓ) | ||||||
| subjunctive | m | احافظ (aḥāfeẓ) | تحافظ (tḥāfeẓ) | يحافظ (yḥāfeẓ) | نحافظ (nḥāfeẓ) | تحافظو (tḥāfẓu) | يحافظو (yḥāfẓu) | |
| f | تحافظي (tḥāfẓi) | تحافظ (tḥāfeẓ) | ||||||
| imperative | m | حافظ (ḥāfeẓ) | حافظو (ḥāfẓu) | |||||
| f | حافظي (ḥāfẓi) | |||||||
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حافظ (hāfiz), from Arabic حَافِظ (ḥāfiẓ), from the verb حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa, “to preserve, to protect, to defend”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦɑː.fɪz/
- Rhymes: -ɪz
Adjective
حافظ • (hāfiz) (Hindi spelling हाफ़िज़)
Noun
حافظ • (hāfiz) m (Hindi spelling हाफ़िज़)