Surname · Bengali
ওঝা
“(religious) teacher”
ওঝা (ōjha) is a surname from Prakrit, ultimately from Sanskrit. It is used in Bengali.
BengaliWritten in Bengali script. In English: ōjha.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ওঝা goes back to Sanskrit उपाध्याय, meaning “(religious) teacher.”
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Where it comes from
ওঝা comes from Prakrit, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅, from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (“(religious) teacher”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ওঝা’s family of names
In Bengali usage, ওঝা as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with উপাধ্যায়. In Bengali usage, ওঝা as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as ōjha. In Bengali usage, ওঝা as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with খাজা.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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