حوزه

See also: حوزة, جوزة, and خوره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حَوْزَة (ḥawza).

Noun

حوزه • (havze)

1. a site, region, district
2. a territory, dominions of a state or people; or, a metropolis
3. possession or occupation

Descendants

• Turkish: havza

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حوزه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 812

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَوْزَة (ḥawza).

Noun

حوزه • (howze)

1. sphere

   حوزه عمومی ― howze-ye 'omumi ― the public sphere

2. domain
3. realm
4. extent
5. circuit
6. range of action
7. field
8. district
9. hawza or seminary where Shi'a Muslim clerics are trained

   حوزه علمیه ― howze-ye 'elmiyye ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)