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khoja

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
kho-ja
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Gujarati

noun

A member of a Gujarati-speaking Shiite sect who take the Aga Khan as their religious head.

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati ખોજા (khojā), from Classical Persian خواجه (xwāja), ultimately from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Doublet of Ojha, hodja, Hoxha, and Upadhyaya.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: خواجه, उपाध्याय

Inflected Forms

Khojas (plural)

Questions

What does khoja mean?
A surname from Gujarati
Where does khoja come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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