hodža

See also: Hodža and hódzą́

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خواجه (hoca), from Classical Persian خواجه (xwāja), ultimately from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xôd͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ho‧dža
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa

Noun

hȍdža m anim (Cyrillic spelling хо̏џа)

1. (Islam) preacher
2. hodja

Declension

Declension of hodža

	singular	plural
nominative	hȍdža	hȍdže
genitive	hodže	hȏdžā
dative	hodži	hodžama
accusative	hodžu	hodže
vocative	hodžo	hodže
locative	hodži	hodžama
instrumental	hodžom	hodžama

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خواجه (hoca), from Classical Persian خواجه (xwāja), ultimately from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔd͡ʒa/, [ˈɦɔd͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ɔd͡ʒa
• Hyphenation: ho‧dža

Noun

hodža m pers

1. hodja

Declension

Declension of hodža
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural
nominative	hodža	hodžovia
genitive	hodžu	hodžov
dative	hodžovi	hodžom
accusative	hodžu	hodžov
locative	hodžovi	hodžoch
instrumental	hodžom	hodžami

Further reading

• “hodža”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026