hoca

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

ho‧ca

Pronounced as (IPA)

[hoˈd͡ʒɑ]

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”).