حافظة

See also: حافظه

Arabic
Root
ح ف ظ (ḥ-f-ẓ)

Etymology

Tool noun formed from active participle of حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa, “to keep”), as حَافِظ (ḥāfiẓ, “keeper (person)”) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħaː.fi.ðˤa/

Noun

حَافِظَة • (ḥāfiẓa) f (plural حَافِظَات (ḥāfiẓāt) or حَوَافِظ (ḥawāfiẓ))

  1. memory
  2. wallet, billfold
  3. portfolio (all senses)
  4. (computing) clipboard

Declension
Declension of noun حَافِظَة (ḥāfiẓa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حَافِظَة
ḥāfiẓa		 الْحَافِظَة
al-ḥāfiẓa		 حَافِظَة
ḥāfiẓat
Nominative حَافِظَةٌ
ḥāfiẓatun		 الْحَافِظَةُ
al-ḥāfiẓatu		 حَافِظَةُ
ḥāfiẓatu
Accusative حَافِظَةً
ḥāfiẓatan		 الْحَافِظَةَ
al-ḥāfiẓata		 حَافِظَةَ
ḥāfiẓata
Genitive حَافِظَةٍ
ḥāfiẓatin		 الْحَافِظَةِ
al-ḥāfiẓati		 حَافِظَةِ
ḥāfiẓati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حَافِظَتَيْن
ḥāfiẓatayn		 الْحَافِظَتَيْن
al-ḥāfiẓatayn		 حَافِظَتَيْ
ḥāfiẓatay
Nominative حَافِظَتَانِ
ḥāfiẓatāni		 الْحَافِظَتَانِ
al-ḥāfiẓatāni		 حَافِظَتَا
ḥāfiẓatā
Accusative حَافِظَتَيْنِ
ḥāfiẓatayni		 الْحَافِظَتَيْنِ
al-ḥāfiẓatayni		 حَافِظَتَيْ
ḥāfiẓatay
Genitive حَافِظَتَيْنِ
ḥāfiẓatayni		 الْحَافِظَتَيْنِ
al-ḥāfiẓatayni		 حَافِظَتَيْ
ḥāfiẓatay
Plural sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حَافِظَات‎; حَوَافِظ
ḥāfiẓāt‎; ḥawāfiẓ		 الْحَافِظَات‎; الْحَوَافِظ
al-ḥāfiẓāt‎; al-ḥawāfiẓ		 حَافِظَات‎; حَوَافِظ
ḥāfiẓāt‎; ḥawāfiẓ
Nominative حَافِظَاتٌ‎; حَوَافِظُ
ḥāfiẓātun‎; ḥawāfiẓu		 الْحَافِظَاتُ‎; الْحَوَافِظُ
al-ḥāfiẓātu‎; al-ḥawāfiẓu		 حَافِظَاتُ‎; حَوَافِظُ
ḥāfiẓātu‎; ḥawāfiẓu
Accusative حَافِظَاتٍ‎; حَوَافِظَ
ḥāfiẓātin‎; ḥawāfiẓa		 الْحَافِظَاتِ‎; الْحَوَافِظَ
al-ḥāfiẓāti‎; al-ḥawāfiẓa		 حَافِظَاتِ‎; حَوَافِظَ
ḥāfiẓāti‎; ḥawāfiẓa
Genitive حَافِظَاتٍ‎; حَوَافِظَ
ḥāfiẓātin‎; ḥawāfiẓa		 الْحَافِظَاتِ‎; الْحَوَافِظِ
al-ḥāfiẓāti‎; al-ḥawāfiẓi		 حَافِظَاتِ‎; حَوَافِظِ
ḥāfiẓāti‎; ḥawāfiẓi

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: hafizə
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حافظه (hâfıza)
  • → Persian: حافظه (hâfeze)

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • “clipboard”, in Microsoft Terminology Collection and Translations in Localized Microsoft Products, (Can we date this quote?)
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