shelter, refuge (place where one is safe or protected) · something that protects or keeps safe, such as a protective covering, shielding, etc. · protection (process of keeping something safe)
çekim: çoğul suojat · tamlayan suojan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *sooja, borrowed from Proto-Iranian *caHyáH (compare Persian سایه (sâya, “shadow, shelter”)). Komi-Zyrian сай (saj, “shelter”) and Eastern Mari шойылч (šojylč, “from behind”) may have the same origin.