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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محافظه (muhafaza), from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa), verbal noun of حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa, “to preserve, protect”).
Noun
muhafaza (definite accusative muhafazayı, plural muhafazalar)
- defending, protecting
- defense, protection
- conservation, preservation
Derived terms
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
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN