koca
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Hyphenated as
ko‧ca
Pronounced as (IPA)
/koˈd͡ʒa/
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوجه (koca), possibly a doublet of Ottoman Turkish خواجه (hoca), from Persian خواجه (xâje). 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”).
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