ख़्वाजा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (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)

lord, master, owner, governor
spiritual guru

Declension

Declension of *ख़्वाजा* (masc unmarked ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ख़्वाजा xvājā	ख़्वाजा xvājā
oblique	ख़्वाजा xvājā	ख़्वाजाओं xvājāõ
vocative	ख़्वाजा xvājā	ख़्वाजाओ xvājāo

References

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