hoca
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish خواجه (hoca), from Persian خواجه (xâje).
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”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithoca (definite accusative hocayı, plural hocalar)
Usage notes
edit- This term is usually not used to refer to one's profession. öğretmen or profesör are used instead.
- This term is almost always used in lieu of öğretmen or profesör when used by school children past elementary school and university students.
Declension
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Nominative | hoca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | hocayı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | hoca | hocalar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | hocayı | hocaları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | hocaya | hocalara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | hocada | hocalarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | hocadan | hocalardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | hocanın | hocaların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → English: hodja
- → French: hodja
- → German: Hodscha
- → Serbo-Croatian: Hodža
- → Portuguese: hodja
- → Ubykh: [Term?] (/χʷɜ́ɖ͡ʐɜ/)
Further reading
edit- hoca in Reverso (Turkish-English)