Arabic

Pronunciation

Verb

حَفِظَ • ‎(ḥafiẓa) I, non-past يَحْفَظُ‎ (yaḥfaẓu)

1. to preserve, to conserve
2. to protect, to guard, to defend
3. to observe, to bear in mind, to comply
4. to be mindful, to be heedful
5. to keep up, to maintain, to sustain
6. to retain, to uphold
7. to hold, to have in safe-keeping, to take care
8. to keep, to store, to put away
9. to retain in memory, to remember, to know by heart
10. to memorize, to commit to memory
11. to reserve

Conjugation

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Verb

حَفَّظَ • ‎(ḥaffaẓa) II, non-past يُحَفِّظُ‎ (yuḥaffiẓu)

1. to have someone memorize

Conjugation

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Noun

حِفْظ • ‎(ḥifẓ) m

1. verbal noun of حَفِظَ ‎(ḥafiẓa) (form I)
2. preservation, maintenance, conservation, upholding
3. protection, defense, guarding
4. custody, safekeeping, storage
5. observance, compliance
6. memorization, memorizing, memory
7. discontinuance, stay, suspension

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Egyptian Arabic

Verb

حفظ • ‎(ħífiẓ) ‎(perfect, imperfect يحفظ ‎(yíħfaẓ), Verb form I)

1. to memorize

Conjugation

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic حِفْظ ‎(ḥifẓ).

Noun

حفظ • ‎(hifz)

1. keeping
2. guarding
3. protection