muhafaza

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محافظه (muhafaza), from Arabic مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa), verbal noun of حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa, “to preserve, protect”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mu.haː.faˈza/, /mu(h)a.faˈza/ Hyphenation: mu‧ha‧fa‧za === Noun === muhafaza (definite accusative muhafazayı, plural muhafazalar) defending, protecting defense, protection conservation, preservation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === 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 “muhafaza”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “muhafaza”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı