hoca

Meaning

1. master
2. professor
3. teacher
4. hodja

Concepts

teacher

🧑‍🏫

instructor

preceptor

professor

tutor

hodja

gownsman

master

mentor

dominie

Synonyms

öğretmen

🧑‍🏫

muallim

okutman

imam

profesör

molla

erbap

eğitmen

Translations

professeur

🧑‍🏫

maître

profesor

professor

🧑‍🏫

enseignant

🧑‍🏫

profesora

professore

🧑‍🏫

Lehrer

professor

maestro

🧑‍🏫

معلم

insegnante

prof

🧑‍🏫

professora

Pronounced as (IPA)

[hoˈd͡ʒɑ]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: خواجه

Borrowed from Persian: خواجه

Cognate with Tatar: хуҗа

Cognate with Kazakh: қожа

Cognate with Kyrgyz: кожо

Cognate with Uzbek: xoʻja

Cognate with Uyghur: خوجا

Cognate with Bashkir: хужа

In summary

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”).