Hoca (), also rendered into English as hodja, is a Turkish language word deriving from the Persian language word خواجه Khawaja]], khâjeh, used as a title, given name or surname.
As a honorific title, hoca means “master” and is commonly used for teachers, professors, leaders, and in general, wise people. It is also used as a slang word between friends.
It may refer to:
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Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha, 18th-century Ottoman admiral
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Cinci Hoca (died 1648), Ottoman spiritualist
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Adnan Hoca (born 1956), Turkish cult leader and Muslim televangelist
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İskilipli Âtıf Hoca (1875–1926), Turkish Islamic scholar
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Hoca Ali Rıza (1858–1939), Turkish painter
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Ebussuud Effendi or Ebussuud Efendi (1490–1574), Hanafi Ottoman jurist and Qur'an exegete
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Hoca Ishak Efendi (1774–1835), Ottoman engineer and mathematician
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Hoca Kadri Efendi (1855–1918), Ottoman journalist and political figure
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Hoja-Niyaz or Hoja-Niyaz, Uyghur independence movement leader who led several rebellions in Xinjiang
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Sadeddin Effendi (1536–1599), Ottoman scholar, official, historian, a teacher of Ottoman sultan Murad III
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Hodja Sefer, captain, who was in charge of pro-Ottoman forces in Gujarat in the first half of the 15th century
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Hoca Tahsin Efendi (1811–1881), Albanian astronomer, mathematician and philosopher
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Nasreddin Hoca or Nasreddin, Seljuq satirical Sufi figure (around 13th century)
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Fatahillah or Hoca Hassan, Malay commander in the Malacca and Demak sultanates
See also
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Hoxha (surname), Albanian surname of the same origin
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Hoçë e Vogël, village in Kosovo
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Velika Hoča, village in Kosovo
