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Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
hōca
- genitive plural of hōc
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish خواجه (hoca), from Persian خواجه (xâje/xwâja).
Cognate with
Tatar хуҗа (xuca, “host, owner”),
Kazakh қожа (qoja, “host, owner”),
Kyrgyz кожо (kojo, “host, owner”),
Uzbek xoʻja (“host, owner”),
Uyghur خوجا (xoja, “host, owner”),
Bashkir хужа (xuja, “master, owner”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hoca (definite accusative hocayı, plural hocalar)
- master
- professor
- Synonym: profesör
- teacher
- Synonym: öğretmen
- (religion, Islam) hodja
Usage notes
- This term is usually not used to refer to one's profession. öğretmen or profesör are used instead.
- This term is almost always used in lieu of öğretmen or profesör when used by school children past elementary school and university students.
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- hoca in Reverso (Turkish-English)