हाफ़िज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حافظ (hāfiz), from Arabic حَافِظ (ḥāfiẓ), from حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa, “to preserve, to protect, to defend”).

Adjective

हाफ़िज़ • (hāfiz) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling حافظ)

  1. retaining

Noun

हाफ़िज़ • (hāfiz) m (Urdu spelling حافظ)

  1. keeper
  2. guardian
  3. protector
  4. governor
  5. preserver
  6. hafiz (one who knows the Qur'an by heart)

Declension
Declension of हाफ़िज़ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct हाफ़िज़
hāfiz		 हाफ़िज़
hāfiz
oblique हाफ़िज़
hāfiz		 हाफ़िज़ों
hāfizõ
vocative हाफ़िज़
hāfiz		 हाफ़िज़ो
hāfizo
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