cooja

C3O1O1J8A1

noun

A wide-mouthed earthenware vessel for water.

OriginHindi कूज़ा ← Persian کوزه →
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Meanings

nouncooja (plural coojas)

plural coojas · alternative coojah · alternative koojah · alternative kooza · alternative kuza

  1. IndiaA wide-mouthed earthenware vessel for water.

    Let us take a peep into the bechoba. All hushed and quiet. A piece of camp able close to the tent wall, and on it a tumbler of cocoanut [sic] oil, with a lighted wick floating on the surface. Here, also, a watch, a cheroot case, and cooja of drinking-water standing on a broken soup-plate.

    1856, The Bombay Quarterly Review, volume IV, Bonbay: Smith, Taylor and Co., page 290

Origin

  1. Persianکوزه
  2. Hindiकूज़ा
  3. Englishcooja

From Hindi कूज़ा (kūzā), from Persian کوزه (kuza).

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APA

cooja. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooja

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Chicago

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