Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cooja

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coo-ja
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wide-mouthed earthenware vessel for water.

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"Let us take a peep into the bechoba. All hushed and quiet. A piece of camp able close to the tent wall, and on it a tumbler of cocoanut [sic] oil, with a lighted wick floating on the surface. Here, also, a watch, a cheroot case, and cooja of drinking-water standing on a broken soup-plate."

Etymology

From Hindi कूज़ा (kūzā), from Persian کوزه (kuza).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: कूज़ा, کوزه

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

coojas (plural) coojah (alternative) koojah (alternative) kooza (alternative) kuza (alternative)

Questions

What does cooja mean?: A wide-mouthed earthenware vessel for water.
Where does cooja come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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