muhafaza

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)

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

Derived terms

• muhafazakâr
• muhafazalı
• muhafazasız

Related terms

• muhafız

References

• 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