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- noun A
Muslim schoolmaster
Etymologies
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Examples
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To safely pass thru the British checkpoints in Istanbul, they disguised themselves as a hoca a religion teacher, pronounced hodja and his wife with Halide covering her face and hiding away her manicured fingers.
Archive 2006-12-01 AYDIN 2006
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To safely pass thru the British checkpoints in Istanbul, they disguised themselves as a hoca a religion teacher, pronounced hodja and his wife with Halide covering her face and hiding away her manicured fingers.
Halide's ordeal AYDIN 2006
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Even under hodja and Turk, a nice and natural people.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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The people vaguely expect an earthly paradise where every one will do as he pleases, and find to their dismay that you can no longer evade the sheep-tax by tipping the hodja to let you put your flock on
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He had led a university prayer group during his student years - and was already known to his classmates, including the future prime minister Süleyman Demirel, by the respectful title of "hodja".
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But when a hodja (a Muslim religious teacher) is appointed to the derelict neighborhood mosque, the course of events take another turn.
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But when a hodja (a Muslim religious teacher) is appointed to the derelict neighborhood mosque, the course of events take another turn.
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