Khawaja or khwaja is an honorific title used across the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia, particularly towards Sufi teachers. The word comes from the Iranian word khwāja (New Persian khājé) and translates as "master", "lord". The spellings hodja or hoca (Turkish), hodža (Bosnian), hoxha (Albanian), hodža (Serbian), hotzakis (Greek), hogea (Romanian) and al-khawaja are also used.