hoja

See also: höja

Paraguayan Guarani

Noun

hoja (plural hojakuéra)

1. cover

Spanish

Alternative forms

• foja (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom?

Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dʰolh₁yom?

Proto-Italic *foljom

Classical Latin folium

Late Latin folia

Old Spanish foja

Spanish hoja

Inherited from Old Spanish foja, from Late Latin folia, the plural of Classical Latin folium (“leaf”) reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun.

Doublet of folio, borrowed from Latin. Cognate with Portuguese folha, Catalan fulla, French feuille, and English foil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoxa/ [ˈo.xa]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oxa
• Syllabification: ho‧ja

Noun

hoja f (plural hojas)

1. leaf (usually green and flat organ that is the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants)
2. petal (often brightly coloured component of the corolla of a flower)
3. blade (narrow leaf of a grass or cereal)
4. pad (floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant)
5. sheet, leaf (piece of paper, usually rectangular)

   Synonyms: foja, folio

6. page (one of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book)
7. form (blank document or template to be filled in by the user)
8. foil
9. blade (sharp cutting edge of a knife, sword, etc.)
10. pane (individual sheet of glass in a window)
11. side (of bacon)

Derived terms

• de hoja caduca
• de hoja perenne
• doblar la hoja
• hoja de afeitar
• hoja de cálculo
• hoja de corrimiento
• hoja de Flandes
• hoja de higo
• hoja de lata
• hoja de limón
• hoja de Milán
• hoja de parra
• hoja de ruta
• hoja de servicios
• hoja de té
• hoja de tocino
• hoja de vida
• hoja del aire
• hojalata
• hojaldre
• hojarasca
• hojear
• hojuela
• insecto hoja
• milhojas
• no tener vuelta de hoja
• queso de hoja
• soplador de hojas
• soplahojas
• tabaco de hoja
• tirahojas
• volver la hoja

Related terms

• foliáceo

Further reading

• “hoja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُجَّة (ḥujja).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

hoja class IX (plural hoja class X)

1. dispute, argument
2. business, affair

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	hoja
Cyrillic	хоҗа
Arabic	خواجه

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خْوَاجَه (xwāja). Doublet of goja (“old man”) and hojaýyn (“landlord, master, owner, proprietor, innkeeper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χoˈd͡ʒɑ/, [χoˈd͡ʒo]
• Hyphenation: ho‧ja

Noun

hoja (definite accusative hojany, plural hojalar)

1. holy man

Declension

Declension of hoja

	singular	plural
nominative	hoja	hojalar
accusative	hojany	hojalary
genitive	hojanyň	hojalaryň
dative	hojā	hojalara
locative	hojada	hojalarda
ablative	hojadan	hojalardan

Derived terms

• hojalyk (“economy; farm, small-holding, economic unit, business organisation; household, family”)
• hojalykçy (“manager; owner; housewife”)

Further reading

• “hoja” in Webonary.org