hoxhë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خواجه (hoca), from Persian خواجه (xâje, “lord, master, owner”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ho.dʒə/

Noun

hóxhë m

  1. imam
    Synonym: imam

Declension

Declension of hoxhë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hoxhë hoxha hoxhallarë hoxhallarët
accusative hoxhan
dative hoxha hoxhat hoxhallarëve hoxhallarëve
ablative hoxhallarësh

Further reading

  • “hoxhë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “hoxhë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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