хозяин

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic хозя (xozja), Chuvash хуҫа (huś̬a). Cognates include Persian خواجه (xâje), Turkish hoca, Slavic: Ukrainian хазя́їн (xazjájin), Belarusian хадзя́ін (xadzjáin).

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Noun

хозя́ин (xozjáinm anim (genitive хозя́ина, nominative plural хозя́ева, genitive plural хозя́ев, feminine хозя́йка, relational adjective хозя́йский, diminutive хозя́йчик)

  1. owner, proprietor
  2. landlord, head of household
  3. boss, master, chief, principal, manager, employer, hirer
  4. man, husband
  5. (computing) host, master
    Synonym: хост (xost)
  6. (biology) host

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See also

  • ходжа́ (xodžá), a later borrowing from Turkic languages or Persian