ख़्वाजा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خواجه (xʷāja). Doublet of ओझा (ojhā) and उपाध्याय (upādhyāy).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xʋɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [xʋäː.d͡ʒäː], /kʰʋɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [kʰʋäː.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

ख़्वाजा • (xvājā) m (Urdu spelling خواجہ)

1. lord, master, owner, governor
2. spiritual guru

Declension

Declension of ख़्वाजा (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़्वाजा xvājā	ख़्वाजा xvājā
oblique	ख़्वाजा xvājā	ख़्वाजाओं xvājāõ
vocative	ख़्वाजा xvājā	ख़्वाजाओ xvājāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़्वाजा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press