khoja

See also: Khoja

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay khoja, from Classical Persian خواجه (xʷâja).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxo.d͡ʒa/, [ˈxo.d͡ʒa]
  • Hyphenation: kho‧ja

Noun

khoja (plural khoja-khoja)

  1. (archaic) merchant
    Synonyms: khojah, koja, kojah (nonstandard)
    Synonym: saudagar

References

  1. ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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