حافظة

See also: حافظه

Arabic

Root
ح ف ظ (ḥ-f-ẓ)

Etymology

Tool noun formed from active participle of حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa, “to keep”), as حَافِظ (ḥāfiẓ, “keeper (person)”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaː.fi.ðˤa/

Noun

حَافِظَة • (ḥāfiẓa) f (plural حَافِظَات (ḥāfiẓāt) or حَوَافِظ (ḥawāfiẓ))

1. memory
2. wallet, billfold
3. portfolio (all senses)
4. (computing) clipboard

Declension

Declension of noun حَافِظَة (ḥāfiẓa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَافِظَة ḥāfiẓa	الْحَافِظَة al-ḥāfiẓa	حَافِظَة ḥāfiẓat
Nominative	حَافِظَةٌ ḥāfiẓatun	الْحَافِظَةُ al-ḥāfiẓatu	حَافِظَةُ ḥāfiẓatu
Accusative	حَافِظَةً ḥāfiẓatan	الْحَافِظَةَ al-ḥāfiẓata	حَافِظَةَ ḥāfiẓata
Genitive	حَافِظَةٍ ḥāfiẓatin	الْحَافِظَةِ al-ḥāfiẓati	حَافِظَةِ ḥāfiẓati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَافِظَتَيْن ḥāfiẓatayn	الْحَافِظَتَيْن al-ḥāfiẓatayn	حَافِظَتَيْ ḥāfiẓatay
Nominative	حَافِظَتَانِ ḥāfiẓatāni	الْحَافِظَتَانِ al-ḥāfiẓatāni	حَافِظَتَا ḥāfiẓatā
Accusative	حَافِظَتَيْنِ ḥāfiẓatayni	الْحَافِظَتَيْنِ al-ḥāfiẓatayni	حَافِظَتَيْ ḥāfiẓatay
Genitive	حَافِظَتَيْنِ ḥāfiẓatayni	الْحَافِظَتَيْنِ al-ḥāfiẓatayni	حَافِظَتَيْ ḥāfiẓatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَافِظَات‎; حَوَافِظ ḥāfiẓāt‎; ḥawāfiẓ	الْحَافِظَات‎; الْحَوَافِظ al-ḥāfiẓāt‎; al-ḥawāfiẓ	حَافِظَات‎; حَوَافِظ ḥāfiẓāt‎; ḥawāfiẓ
Nominative	حَافِظَاتٌ‎; حَوَافِظُ ḥāfiẓātun‎; ḥawāfiẓu	الْحَافِظَاتُ‎; الْحَوَافِظُ al-ḥāfiẓātu‎; al-ḥawāfiẓu	حَافِظَاتُ‎; حَوَافِظُ ḥāfiẓātu‎; ḥawāfiẓu
Accusative	حَافِظَاتٍ‎; حَوَافِظَ ḥāfiẓātin‎; ḥawāfiẓa	الْحَافِظَاتِ‎; الْحَوَافِظَ al-ḥāfiẓāti‎; al-ḥawāfiẓa	حَافِظَاتِ‎; حَوَافِظَ ḥāfiẓāti‎; ḥawāfiẓa
Genitive	حَافِظَاتٍ‎; حَوَافِظَ ḥāfiẓātin‎; ḥawāfiẓa	الْحَافِظَاتِ‎; الْحَوَافِظِ al-ḥāfiẓāti‎; al-ḥawāfiẓi	حَافِظَاتِ‎; حَوَافِظِ ḥāfiẓāti‎; ḥawāfiẓi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hafizə
• → Ottoman Turkish: حافظه (hâfıza)
  • Turkish: hafıza
• → Persian: حافظه (hâfeze)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• “clipboard”, in Microsoft Terminology Collection and Translations in Localized Microsoft Products, (Can we date this quote?)