English Explanatory Dictionary

howadji

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traveller or merchant from the Middle East

Word forms

howadji howadjis howaji howajji

Etymology

From Arabic خَوَاجَا (ḵawājā, “gentleman”), from Classical Persian خواجه (xwāja, “gentleman”). The term came to be applied to merchants because they were formerly the chief travellers. Doublet of hodja.

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