خواجه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (khâje).

Noun

خواجه • (hoca)

Descendants

Turkish: hoca
- → English: hodja
- → French: hodja
- → German: Hodscha
- → Portuguese: hodja
- → Albanian: hoxhë
→ Albanian: hoxhë
→ Greek: χότζας (chótzas), Χατζάκης (Chatzákis)
→ Hungarian: hodzsa
→ Middle Armenian: խօջայ (xōǰay), խոջայ (xoǰay), խօճայ (xōčay)
- Armenian: խոջա (xoǰa), հօճա (hōča), խօճա (xōča)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хоџа

Latin: hȍdža, Hodžić
→ Slovak: hodža

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, 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 (خواجه)
- → Bengali: খোজা (khoja)
- → Gujarati: ખોજા (khojā)
  - → English: Khoja
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: ख़ोजा (xojā)
  
  Urdu: خوجہ‎ (xojā)
- → Kazakh: Қожа (Qoja)
  - → Russian: ходжа́ (xodžá)
- → Punjabi: ਖ਼ੋਜਾ (kḥojā) / خوجہ‎
- → 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 (xuža)
→ Bengali: খাজা (khaja)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ख़्वाजा (xvājā)

Urdu: خواجہ‎ (xvājā)
→ Punjabi: ਖ਼ਵਾਜਾ (kḥavājā) / خواجہ‎
→ Sindhi: خواجه‎
→ Ottoman Turkish: خواجه‎ (hâce, hoca)
- Turkish: hoca
  - → English: hodja
  - → French: hodja
  - → German: Hodscha
  - → Portuguese: hodja
  - → Albanian: hoxhë
- → Albanian: hoxhë
- → Greek: χότζας (chótzas), Χατζάκης (Chatzákis)
- → Hungarian: hodzsa
- → Middle Armenian: խօջայ (xōǰay), խոջայ (xoǰay), խօճայ (xōčay)
  - Armenian: խոջա (xoǰa), հօճա (hōča), խօճա (xōča)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: хоџа
  Latin: hȍdža, Hodžić
- → Slovak: hodža

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “خواجه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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