مَحْفُوظ preserved in Arabic
مَحْفُوظ is how you say “preserved” in Arabic.
Root ح ف ظ ḥ-f-ẓ. noun/adjective (passive participle, ism mafʿūl of form I). maḥfūẓ.
Arabic
English
The audio uses AI voices.
Meaning of preserved in Arabic
- preserved, guarded, protected, kept safe describes something acted upon by ḥafiẓa — kept and taken care of
- kept from being lost or perishing reflects the core sense of the root: preventing a thing from perishing or being lost
- memorized, committed to memory of a text, since ḥafiẓa is also used of retaining something in the mind, e.g. the Qur'an
Example sentence
فذكر شأن مبدأ عمله ونهايته فمبدؤه محفوظ عليه ونهايته الجزاء عليه
And He mentioned the significance of the beginning and end of his deeds; the beginning is preserved for him, and the end is recompense for him.
مَحْفُوظٌ preserved
This is a passive participle, a noun-like description meaning 'kept' or 'guarded', serving as the predicate: its beginning is preserved. Built from a verb, it names the state the beginning is in, the way English uses a past participle as an adjective.
The English is machine-translated.
Practise this word in the app
One tap gives you the meaning, a grammar note and audio.
Add the words you don’t know. Practise them with spaced repetition.
Free. No ads. No subscription.
An account is needed in the app.
How it is used
Maḥfūẓ is the passive participle of ḥafiẓa ("he kept, preserved, guarded, protected, or took care of it; prevented it from perishing or becoming lost"), so it describes something that is being safeguarded or kept intact rather than the one doing the keeping (that would be ḥāfiẓ). Because the same root verb is used of retaining a text in memory (e.g. "he kept the Qur'an in his mind, knew it by heart"), maḥfūẓ can also describe something committed to memory, not only something physically protected.
Words from the same root
- حَفِظَ to keep, preserve, guard, protect, take care of; also to memorize/know by heart (form I verb)
- حِفْظ keeping, preservation, care; also memorization (verbal noun of ḥafiẓa)
- حَافِظ one who preserves or guards; a keeper; also one who has memorized the Qur'an
- حَفِيظ very watchful, ever-protecting (intensive form)
- احتفظ to keep for oneself, retain, hold on to (form VIII)
- مُحَافَظَة constant, diligent keeping to or maintaining of something, e.g. the prayers (form III verbal noun)
- تحفّظ to guard oneself, be careful and watchful (form V)
Common questions
- How do you say "preserved" in Arabic?
- مَحْفُوظ (maḥfūẓ).
- What is the root of مَحْفُوظ and what does it relate to?
- It comes from the root ح ف ظ (ḥ-f-ẓ), which gives ḥifẓ (preservation/memorization), ḥāfiẓ (guardian, or one who has memorized a text), and ḥafīẓ (ever-watchful, protecting).
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).