Khwāja

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Khwāja is an honorific title of respect in Persian and Islamic cultures, historically used for learned, revered, or spiritually distinguished men such as the poet Hafez.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Khwaja 4
Khoja 1
Khwajah 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic honorific
Persian honorific
honorific title
associatedWithReligion Islam
denotes learning
respect
reverence
spiritual distinction
etymologicalRole title preceding personal name
exampleBearer Hafez
hasGenderAssociation male
hasVariantSpelling Khwāja self-linksurface differs
surface form: Khoja

Khwāja self-linksurface differs
surface form: Khwaja

Khwāja self-linksurface differs
surface form: Khwajah
historicallyUsedFor Sufi masters
poets
religious scholars
teachers
languageOfOrigin Persian
regionOfUse Central Asia
Iran
South Asia
script Persian script
semanticField honorifics
religious titles
social status titles
timePeriodOfOrigin medieval Islamic era
usedFor learned men
revered men
spiritually distinguished men
usedInCulture Islamic culture
Persian culture

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hafez hasHonorificTitle Khwāja
Ibn Arabi alsoKnownAs Khwāja
this entity surface form: Shaykh al-Akbar
Nawab Salimullah Khan familyName Khwāja
this entity surface form: Khwaja
Khwāja hasVariantSpelling Khwāja self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Khwaja
Khwāja hasVariantSpelling Khwāja self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Khwajah
Khwāja hasVariantSpelling Khwāja self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Khoja
Qutlugh Khwaja title Khwāja
this entity surface form: Khwaja
Baha-ud-Din Naqshband honorificTitle Khwāja
this entity surface form: Khwaja