hoja
- cover
Inherited fromOld Spanishfoja, fromLate Latinfolia, from the nominative plural ofLatinfolium, probably fromProto-Indo-European*bʰolh₃yom(“leaf”), from*bʰleh₃-(“blossom, flower”). See alsofolio, borrowed from the Latin. Cognate withEnglishfoil andFrenchfeuille(“sheet, leaf”).
- IPA(key): /ˈoxa/[ˈo.xa]
- Rhymes:-oxa
- Syllabification:ho‧ja
hoja f (pluralhojas)
- leaf(usually green and flat organ that is the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants)
- petal(an often brightly coloured component of the corolla of a flower)
- blade(narrow leaf of a grass or cereal)
- pad(floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant)
- sheet, leaf(piece of paper, usually rectangular)
- Synonyms:foja,folio
- page(one of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book)
- form(blank document or template to be filled in by the user)
- foil
- blade(sharp cutting edge of a knife, sword, etc.)
- pane(individual sheet of glass in a window)
- side (of bacon)
Borrowed fromArabicحُجَّة(ḥujja).[1]
hoja classIX (pluralhoja classX)
- dispute,argument
- business,affair
- ^Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020),Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten;145), Leiden • Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page69 Nr. 594
Borrowed fromClassical Persianخْوَاجَه(xwāja).Doublet ofgoja(“old man”) andhojaýyn(“landlord, master, owner, proprietor, innkeeper”).
- IPA(key): /χoˈd͡ʒɑ/
- Hyphenation:ho‧ja
hoja (definite accusativehojany,pluralhojalar)
- holy man
- hojalyk(“economy; farm, small-holding, economic unit, business organisation; household, family”)
- hojalykçy(“manager; owner; housewife”)
