حوزه

See also: حوزة, جوزة, and خوره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حَوْزَة (ḥawza).

Noun

حوزه • (havze)

a site, region, district
a territory, dominions of a state or people; or, a metropolis
possession or occupation

Descendants

Turkish: havza

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “حوزه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 812

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَوْزَة (ḥawza).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /haw.ˈza/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.zä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.zä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäw.zä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [how.ze]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häw.zä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hawza
Dari reading^?	hawza
Iranian reading^?	howze
Tajik reading^?	havza

Homophone: حوضه (hawza / howze)

Noun

حوزه • (hawza / howze) (Tajik spelling ҳавза)

sphere
― howze-ye 'omumi ― the public sphere
domain
realm
extent
circuit
range of action
field
district
hawza or seminary where Shi'a Muslim clerics are trained
― howze-ye 'elmiyye ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)