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Definition of Hodja
1. a title of respect [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hodja
Literary usage of Hodja
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey by Samuel Sullivan Cox (1887)
"Narr-ed-din hodja, as the title (hodja) implies, is supposed to be a man learned
... He is the Mrs. Harris of hodja WITHOUT HIS LATCH-KEY. the Ottoman Sarah ..."
2. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1901)
"Some one declared that none save hodja Nasr ed-din could do the subject justice
... The Sultan relates the circumstances, and the hodja says: 'What are your ..."
3. Turkey of the Ottomans by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett (1915)
"The man replied, " Go and tell the hodja to come hither quickly ... Said the
hodja, " I have mounted a thousand steps to get up here—ask the man what he ..."
4. The Women of Turkey and Their Folk-lore by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, John S. Stuart-Glennie (1891)
"Finding the caller so persistent, the hodja said to himself, " Perhaps he comes
... Come this way," replied the hodja, and he led the man up the staircase. ..."
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