हिफ़ाज़त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (hifâzat), from Arabic حِفَاظ (ḥifāẓ).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.fɑː.zət̪/, [ɦɪ.fäː.zɐt̪], /ɦɪ.pʰɑː.d͡ʒət̪/, [ɦɪ.pʰäː.d͡ʒɐt̪]

Noun

हिफ़ाज़त • (hifāzat) f (Urdu spelling حفاظت)

guarding, protection, preservation, care, defense
Synonym: रक्षा (rakṣā)

हिफ़ाज़त में ― hifāzat mẽ ― under protection
security, safety

Declension

Declension of हिफ़ाज़त (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हिफ़ाज़त hifāzat	हिफ़ाज़तें hifāzatẽ
oblique	हिफ़ाज़त hifāzat	हिफ़ाज़तों hifāzatõ
vocative	हिफ़ाज़त hifāzat	हिफ़ाज़तो hifāzato

Derived terms

हिफ़ाज़त करना (hifāzat karnā, “to protect”)

Related terms

हिफ़ाज़ती (hifāzatī, “protective”)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हिफ़ाज़त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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