Khoja (English spelling) khwāja [Persian]

Japanese: ホジャ（英語表記）khwāja[ペルシア]

Originally meaning a nobleman, in various parts of the Islamic world it is generally used to mean teacher, master, mentor, eunuch, great merchant, etc. In Turkish it is hoca. As a historical term, in the 9th and 10th century Samanid court, the wazirs were called great Khojas, and in Central Asia from the 12th century onwards, a sect of Islamic mystics who would later become known as the Naqshbandi sect was called the Khoja sect. This Khoja sect began to advance into East Turkistan from the 14th century onwards, and in the 17th and 18th centuries, they established the so-called Kashgar Khoja dynasty, based in Kashgar and Yarkand.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

元来は貴人を意味し，イスラム世界の諸地域で，一般に，先生，師，主人，宦官，大商人などの意で用いられる。トルコ語ではhoca。歴史的用語としては，9～10世紀のサーマーン朝の宮廷ではワジールが大ホジャと呼ばれ，12世紀以降の中央アジアでは，後にナクシュバンディー教団と呼ばれるイスラム神秘主義者たちの一派がホジャ派と呼ばれた。このホジャ派は14世紀以降東トルキスタンにも進出を開始し，17～18世紀にはカシュガルとヤルカンドを本拠に，いわゆるカシュガル･ホジャ家を成立させた。

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