خواجه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian (khâje).

Noun

خواجه • (hoca)

Persian

Dari Persian	خواجه‎
Iranian Persian	خواجه‎
Tajiki Persian	хоҷа (xoja)

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xʷɒːˈd͡ʒæ/
(Dari) IPA^(key): /xɒːˈd͡ʒæ/
(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xɒːˈd͡ʒe/
(Tajik) IPA^(key): /xɔːˈd͡ʒa/

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
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

Arabic: خَوَاجَة‎ (ḵawāja), الْخَوَاجَة‎ (al-ḵawāja)
Azerbaijani: خواجه‎ / xacə / хаҹә
Bashkir: хужа (xuža)
Bengali: খাজা (khaja)
Hindustani:
Hindi: ख़्वाजा (xvājā)

Urdu: خواجہ‎ (xvājā)
Punjabi: خواجہ‎ / ਖ਼ਵਾਜਾ (xavājā)
Sindhi: خواجه‎
Ottoman Turkish: خواجه‎ (hâce, hoca), خواجگان‎ (hâcegân)
- Albanian: hoxhë
- Greek: χότζας (chótzas), Χατζάκης (Chatzákis)
- Middle Armenian: խօջայ (xōǰay), խոջայ (xoǰay), խօճայ (xōčay)
  - Armenian: խոջա (xoǰa), հօճա (hōča), խօճա (xōča)
- Serbo-Croatian: hȍdža / хоџа, Hodžić
- Slovak: Hodža
- Turkish: hoca
  - English: hodja
Tajik: хоҷа (xoja) / خواجه‎ (خواجه)
- Bengali: খোজা (khoja)
- Gujarati: ખોજા (khojā)
  - English: Khoja
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: ख़ोजा (xojā)
  
  Urdu: خوجہ‎ (xojā)
- Kazakh: Қожа (Qoja)
  - Russian: ходжа́ (xodžá)
- Punjabi: خوجہ‎ / ਖ਼ੋਜਾ (xojā)
- Sindhi: خوجه‎
- Turkmen: Hoja
- Uyghur: خوجا‎‎ (xoja‎)
  - Mandarin: 获嘉 (huòjiā)
- Uzbek: xoja, xoʻja

References

“خواجه” in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–.

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