howadji

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A traveller or merchant from the Middle East archaic
    — "O fisherman, have you any fish?" And he held up a string of them and made answer: "O Howadji, I have."

词形变化

howadjis plural howaji alternative howajji alternative

词源

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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