حافظ

العربية

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حافظ^¹

/ħaː.fa.ðˤa/

verb حَافَظَ · ḥāfaẓa · يُحَافِظُ · مُحَافَظَة · حِفَاظ

to preserve, to maintain, to keep up, to uphold, to sustain
to supervise, to control, to watch over, to watch out for
to take care, to attend, to pay attention
to keep, to follow, to observe, to comply, to conform
to protect, to guard, to defend

حافظ^²

/ħaː.fiðˤ/

Where it comes from

Derived from the active participle of حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa, “to guard, to keep; to memorize”), from the root ح ف ظ (ḥ f ẓ). The Persian poet was named such as he had memorised the Qurʾān.

noun حَافِظ · ḥāfiẓ · حَافِظُون · حُفَّاظ · حَفَظَة · حَافِظَة

guard, guardian, keeper, custodian, caretaker
hafiz (one who knows the Qur'an by heart)

proper noun حَافِظ · ḥāfiẓ · -

a male given name, Hafez and Hafiz
Hafez aš-Šīrāzi, a famous mystic 14th century Persian poet, who also wrote in Arabic and whose poems are sometimes used as omens.

In English

guardian law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis
maintain to keep up
preserve to protect
hafiz One who has memorized the Qur'an

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {حافظ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}