ओझा

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (uajjhāa), 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (ujjhāa), from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya, “teacher [of the Vedas]”). Notably borrowed into Middle Chinese 和尚 (MC hwa|hwaH dzyang|dzyangH, “high priest, head monk”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /oː.d͡ʒʱɑː/, [oː.d͡ʒʱäː]

ओझा • (ojhā) m (Urdu spelling اوجھا)

1. sorcerer, exorcist; shaman

ओझा • (ojhā) m

1. Ojha (a clan of Vedic Brahmins)

ओझा • (ojhā) m or f by sense

1. Ojha (member of the Vedic Brahmin Clan/Caste)

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

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