English
hodja
Hodja comes from Sanskrit उपाध्याय ‘teacher, preceptor, advisor, counselor’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEउपाध्यायupādhyāya‘teacher, preceptor, advisor, counselor’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentخْوَاجَهxwāja
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928خواجه
- Englishearliest quotation 1926hodja
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEउपाध्यायupādhyāya‘teacher, preceptor, advisor, counselor’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentخْوَاجَهxwāja
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928خواجه
- Englishearliest quotation 1926hodja
Earliest quotation: 1926, Halide Edib, House with Wisteria: Memoirs of Turkey Old and New: “A young boy chanted the Koran while our hodja…”
Every English word from Sanskrit उपाध्याय
Today it means
noun A Muslim schoolmaster.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit उपाध्याय / hodja