muhafaza

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محافظه (muhafaza), from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa), verbal noun of حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa, “to preserve, protect”).

Noun

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muhafaza (definite accusative muhafazayı, plural muhafazalar)

  1. defending, protecting
  2. defense, protection
  3. conservation, preservation

Derived terms

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhafaza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محافظه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1755
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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