ખોજા

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خواجه (xwāja), as a title for Khojas a semantic matching Calque of Gujarati ઠક્કર (ṭhakkar).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Doublet of ઉપાધ્યાય (upādhyāya) and ઓઝો (ojho).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰo.d͡ʒɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: ખો‧જા

Noun

ખોજા • (khojā) m

1. lord, master, owner
2. Khoja (a member of the Khoja community)
3. a surname for Memaṇs

Proper noun

ખોજા • (khojā) f

1. Khoja (a majority Nizari Isma'ili Shia community)