# Osho

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #77,055

## Definitions
1. A religious and spiritual leader from India.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 和(お)尚(しょう) (oshō, “priest; preceptor”); ultimately from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya). Doublet of Ojha, Upadhyaya, Khoja, Khwaja, hodja, Hoxha, and howadji.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/osho