hodja
hodja noun: a Muslim schoolmaster.
Noun
hodja (plural hodjas)
- A Muslim schoolmaster.
- The next night I heard two hodjas talking, under my window, of a terrible massacre of the Armenians that had just taken place in the mountains; they seemed to be very sorry about it and spoke of it with horror; they did not know, of course, that I was listening.1916, unnamed narrator, quoted in 2008, Viscount Bryce (editor), The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire: Documents Presented to Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Secretary of State for Foreign...
- A young boy chanted the Koran while our hodja sat by the low table swaying himself to its rhythm.1926, Halide Edib, House with Wisteria: Memoirs of Turkey Old and New, Facsimile edition, published 2005, page 88
hodja meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Pashto
hodja in Hindi
- a Muslim schoolmaster
- ख़ोजा xojā, खोजा khojā, ख़्वाजा xvājā, ख्वाजा khvājā
hodja in Urdu
- a Muslim schoolmaster
- خوجَہ xoja, خْوَاجَہ xvāja
hodja in Bengali
- a Muslim schoolmaster
- খাজা khaja
hodja in Pashto
- a Muslim schoolmaster
- خواجه xwājá
More languagesFewer languages
- hodja in Arabic
- خَوَاجَة ḵawāja
- hodja in Indonesian
- ustaz
Forms of hodja
| plural | hodjas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | khoja |
Origin of hodja
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خواجه (modern Turkish hoca), from Classical Persian خْوَاجَه (xwāja), ultimately from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Doublet of howadji, Khoja, Hoxha, and Osho.
Questions about hodja
- What does hodja mean?
- Hodja means a Muslim schoolmaster.
- What is hodja in Hindi?
- Hodja in Hindi is ख़ोजा (xojā), खोजा (khojā), ख़्वाजा (xvājā). See Hodja meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hodja?
- Hodja is a noun.
- What is the plural of hodja?
- The plural of hodja is hodjas.
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