khoja

See also: Khoja

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay khoja, from Classical Persian (xʷâja).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxod͡ʒa/, [ˈxo.d͡ʒa]
Hyphenation: kho‧ja

Noun

khoja (first-person possessive khojaku, second-person possessive khojamu, third-person possessive khojanya)

(archaic) merchant.
Synonyms: khojah, koja, kojah (nonstandard)

Synonym: saudagar

References

Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

Further reading

“khoja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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