خواجه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
خواجه • (hoca)
Descendants
- Turkish: hoca
- → Albanian: hoxhë
- → Greek: χότζας (chótzas), Χατζάκης (Chatzákis)
- → Hungarian: hodzsa
- → Middle Armenian: խօջայ (xōǰay), խոջայ (xoǰay), խօճայ (xōčay)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovak: hodža
Persian
| Dari | خواجه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | хоҷа |
Etymology
Iranian. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
خواجه • (xâje) (plural خواجهها (xâje-hâ) or خواجگان (xâjegân))
- lord, master, owner
- (archaic) dignitary, gentleman
- (archaic) wealthy man
- (archaic) a polite form of address of a man, mister
- Khwajah, vizier
- (colloquial, historical) eunuch
Synonyms
- (dignitary): مهتر (mehtar), بزرگ (bozorg), سید (seyyed), آقا (âqâ)
- (wealthy man): مالدار (mâldâr), ثروتمند (servatmand)
- (eunuch): اخته (axte)
Derived terms
- حواجهزاده (xâje-zâde)
- حواجهسرا (xâje-sarâ)
- سرخواجه (sar-xâje)
Descendants
- Tajik: хоҷа (xoja) / خواجه
- → Bengali: খোজা (khōja)
- → Gujarati: ખોજા (khojā)
- → English: Khoja
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: Қожа (Qoja)
- → Russian: ходжа́ (xodžá)
- → Punjabi: ਖ਼ੋਜਾ (xojā) / خوجہ (xojh)
- → Sindhi: خوجه
- → Turkmen: Hoja
- → Uyghur: خوجا (xoja)
- → Mandarin: 获嘉 (huòjiā)
- → Uzbek: xoja, xoʻja
- → Arabic: خَوَاجَة (ḵawāja), الْخَوَاجَة (al-ḵawāja)
- → Azerbaijani: خواجه / xacə / хаҹә
- → Bashkir: хужа (xuja)
- → Bengali: খাজা (khaja)
- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi: ਖ਼ਵਾਜਾ (xavājā) / خواجہ (xoājh)
- → Sindhi: خواجه
- → Ottoman Turkish: خواجه (hâce, hoca)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خواجه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press