حوزه

See also: حوزة, جوزة, and خوره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حَوْزَة (ḥawza).

Noun

حوزه • (havze)

a site, region, district
a territory, dominions of a state or people; or, a metropolis
possession or occupation

Descendants

Turkish: havza

References

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

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَوْزَة (ḥawza).

Noun

حوزه • (howze)

sphere
― howze-ye 'omumi ― the public sphere
domain
realm
extent
circuit
range of action
field
district
hawza or seminary where Shi'a Muslim clerics are trained
― howze-ye 'elmiyye ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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