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Agha

‖

A-ga′

or ‖

A-gha′

(ȧ-gä′ or ā′gȧ)

,

Noun.

[Turk.

aghā

a great lord, chief master.]

In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.

Definition 2024

agha

agha

See also: aghà

English

Alternative forms

aga, äga

Noun

agha ‎(plural aghas)

An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.

Translations

an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries

Albanian: aga (sq)
Arabic: آغَا m ‎(ʾāḡā)
Armenian: աղա (hy) ‎(ała)
Azeri: ağa (az)
Belarusian: ага́ m ‎(ahá)
Bulgarian: ага́ (bg) m ‎(agá)
Catalan: agà (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿迦 ‎(ājiā)
French: agha (fr) m, aga (fr) m
German: Agha m
Greek: αγάς (el) m ‎(agás)
Hebrew: אע'א m, אגא m
Hindi: आक़ा m ‎(āqā), आग़ा m ‎(āġā)
Hungarian: aga (hu)
Italian: aghà m
Japanese: アーガー ‎(āgā)
Kazakh: ага ‎(aga)
Korean: 아가 (ko) ‎(aga)

Kurdish:
Sorani: ئاغا (ku) ‎(agha)
Kyrgyz: ага (ky) ‎(aga)
Macedonian: ага m ‎(aga)
Malay: aga
Persian: آقا (fa) ‎(âqâ), آغا (fa) ‎(âğâ)
Portuguese: agá (pt) m
Russian: ага́ (ru) m ‎(agá)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: а̀га m

Roman: àga (sh) m
Tajik: оғо ‎(oġo)
Turkish: ağa (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: آغا ‎(ağa)
Turkmen: ağa
Ukrainian: ага́ (uk) m ‎(ahá)
Urdu: آقا (ur) m ‎(āqā), آغا (ur) m ‎(āġā)
Uzbek: agʻa

External links

Agha (Ottoman Empire) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition. 1989.
↑ "aga." Online Etymology Dictionary. 2001.
↑ "agha." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.
↑ "aga." Online Etymology Dictionary. 2001.

Anagrams

aagh

French

Alternative forms

aga

Noun

agha m ‎(plural aghas)

agha