حفظ ماء الوجه
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħa.fi.ðˁa maː.ʔa‿l.wad͡ʒ.hi/
Verb
حَفِظَ مَاءَ الوَجْهِ • (ḥafiẓa māʾa l-wajhi) I, non-past يَحْفَظُ مَاءَ ٱلْوَجْهِ (yaḥfaẓu māʾa l-wajhi)
- (idiomatic) to preserve honor or self-respect; to save face (literally, to save the face's water)
Conjugation
See حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa).
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