Hodja

Khawaja or khwaja (Arabic: خواجة‎) is an honorific title used across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia, particularly towards Sufi teachers. The word comes from the Iranian word khwāja (New Persian: khāje; Dari khājah; Tajik khoja) and translates as "master", "lord" or in archaic sense "gentleman". The spellings hodja or hoca (Turkish), খাজা (Khaaja) (Bengali), hodža (Bosnian), hoxha (Albanian), hodža (Serbian), χότζας (chótzas) (Greek), hogea (Romanian), koja (Javanese) and al-khawaja are also used. The name is also used in Egypt and Sudan to indicate a person with a foreign nationality or foreign heritage. Khawaja is also a surname amongst ethnic Kashmiris.

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