ख़्वाजा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خواجه (xʷāja). Doublet of ओझा (ojhā) and उपाध्याय (upādhyāy).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xʋɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [xʋäː.d͡ʒäː], /kʰʋɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [kʰʋäː.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

ख़्वाजा • (xvājā) m (Urdu spelling خواجہ)

1. lord, master, owner, governor
2. spiritual guru

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	ख़्वाजा xvājā	ख़्वाजा xvājā
oblique	ख़्वाजा xvājā	ख़्वाजाओं xvājāõ
vocative	ख़्वाजा xvājā	ख़्वाजाओ xvājāo

Declension of ख़्वाजा (masc unmarked ā-stem)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़्वाजा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press