hoja

/xodʒa/

Definition

(n.) joker, a person who makes others laugh — Elbrusoid row 26261 and TSKBYA ХОЖА record only this sense; the sense is felt to derive from the folk-tale figure Ходжа Насреддин, whom Elbrusoid row 26260 heads separately.

hoja halqnı küldürgen adamdı — a joker is a person who makes people laugh
hoja laqırda aytdı — the joker told a jest
hojanı sözüne barısı da küldüle — everyone laughed at the joker's words

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Cases

	Singular	Plural	When to use it
nominative	hojathe joker	hojalathe jokers	the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
genitive	hojanıthe joker's	hojalanıthe jokers'	the owner — whose it is
accusative	hojanıthe joker (as the object)	hojalanıthe jokers (as the object)	a specific, known object — whom or what
dative	hojağato the joker	hojalağato the jokers	direction or recipient — to where, to whom
locative	hojadaat / in the joker	hojaladaat / in the jokers	where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
ablative	hojadanfrom the joker	hojaladanfrom the jokers	where it comes from; also "than" when comparing

When to use each case

nominative: the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
genitive: the owner — whose it is
accusative: a specific, known object — whom or what
dative: direction or recipient — to where, to whom
locative: where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
ablative: where it comes from; also "than" when comparing

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.

With an owner

	One owned	Several owned
my	hojammy joker	hojalarımmy jokers
your	hojangyour joker	hojalarıngyour jokers
his / her	hojasıhis / her joker	hojalarıhis / her jokers
our	hojabızour joker	hojalarıbızour jokers
you all's	hojağızyou all's joker	hojalarığızyou all's jokers
their	hojalarıtheir joker	hojalarıtheir jokers

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: hojaları can mean "his / her jokers", "their joker", or "their jokers" — context decides.