محافظه
See also: محافظة
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa), verbal noun of حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa).
Noun
محافظه • (muhafaza)
- defense, protection; defending, protecting
- guard, watch
- conservation, maintenance
Descendants
- Turkish: muhafaza
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “محافظه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1125
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “muhafaza”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN