ખોજા

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xwāja), as a title for Khojas a semantic matching of Calque of Gujarati ઠક્કર (ṭhakkar). Doublet of ઉપાધ્યાય (upādhyāya) and ઓઝો (ojho).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ખોજા • (khojā) m

lord, master, owner
Khoja (a member of the Khoja community)
a surname for Memaṇs

Proper noun

ખોજા • (khojā) f

Khoja (a majority Nizari Isma'ili Shia community)

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