(), also rendered into English as hodja, is a Turkish word deriving from the Persian word , , used as a title, given name or surname.
As a honorific title, means âÂÂmasterâ 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:
- Canñm Hoca Mehmed Pasha, 18th-century Ottoman admiral
- Cinci Hoca (died 1648), Ottoman spiritualist
- Adnan Hoca (born 1956), Turkish cult leader and Muslim televangelist
- ðskilipli ÃÂtñf Hoca (1875âÂÂ1926), Turkish Islamic scholar
- Hoca Ali Rñza (1858âÂÂ1939), Turkish painter
- Hoca ÃÂelebi or Ebussuud Efendi (1490âÂÂ1574), Hanafi Ottoman jurist and Qur'an exegete
- Hoca Ishak Efendi (1774âÂÂ1835), Ottoman engineer and mathematician
- Hoca Kadri Efendi (1855âÂÂ1918), Ottoman journalist and political figure
- Hoca Niyaz or Hoja-Niyaz, Uyghur independence movement leader who led several rebellions in Xinjiang
- Hoca Sadüddin Efendi (1536âÂÂ1599), Ottoman scholar, official, historian, a teacher of Ottoman sultan Murad III
- Hoca Sefer, captain, who was in charge of pro-Ottoman forces in Gujarat in the first half of the 15th century
- Hoca Tahsin Efendi (1811âÂÂ1881), Albanian astronomer, mathematician and philosopher
- Nasreddin Hoca or Nasreddin, Seljuq satirical Sufi figure (around 13th century)
- Fatahillah or Hoca Hassan, Malay commander in the Malacca and Demak sultanates
See also