хужа

Bashkir

Etymology

From *xoja (“owner; host”), from Persian خواجه (xâje, “dignitary, vizir”).

Cognate with Tatar хуҗа (xuca, “host, owner”), Kazakh қожа (qoja, “host, owner”), Kyrgyz кожо (kojo, “host, owner”), Uzbek xoʻja (“host, owner”), Uyghur خوجا (xoja, “host, owner”), Turkish hoca (“master, teacher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [χuˈʐɑ]
• Hyphenation: ху‧жа

Noun

хужа • (transliteration needed)

1. head of household; owner, master

   Synonym: эйә

   Үҙ йортоңдоң хужаһы булыу отошлораҡ.

   It's more advantageous to be an owner of your own house.

2. host

   Һалып бирелгән ризыҡты ҡалдырырға ярамай, яҙыҡ була, хужаны ихтирам итмәү һанала.

   One should not leave (any of the) served food - (this is) a sin, is considered disrespect for the host.

Declension

Declension of хужа

	singular	plural
absolute	хужа	хужалар
definite genitive	хужаның	хужаларҙың
dative	хужаға	хужаларға
definite accusative	хужаны	хужаларҙы
locative	хужала	хужаларҙа
ablative	хужанан	хужаларҙан

Derived terms

• хужалыҡ
• хужабикә