agha

See also: Agha, and aghà

English

Alternative forms

• aga, äga

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā,^[1] agha^[2]) (Turkish ağa ^[3][4]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɡə/, /ɑːˈɡɑː/

Noun

agha (plural aghas)

1. 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 (ʔāḡā) Armenian: աղա (hy) (aġa) Azerbaijani: ağa (az) Belarusian: ага́ m (ahá) Bulgarian: ага́ (bg) m (agá) Catalan: agà (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿迦 (ājiā) Czech: aga m Finnish: agha (fi) French: agha (fr) m, aga (fr) m German: Agha (de) m Greek: αγάς (el) m (agás) Hebrew: אע׳א m, אגא m Hindi: आक़ा m (āqā), आग़ा m (āġā) Hungarian: aga (hu) Indonesian: aga (id) Italian: aghà m Japanese: アーガー (āgā) Kazakh: аға (kk) (ağa) Korean: 아가 (ko) (aga) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ئاغا (ckb) (aẍa) Kyrgyz: ага (ky) (aga) Macedonian: ага m (aga) Malay: aga (ms) 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

References

1. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition. 1989.
2. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “aga”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
3. "agha." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.
4. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “aga”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• Agha (Ottoman Empire) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• aagh

Esperanto

Adjective

agha (accusative singular aghan, plural aghaj, accusative plural aghajn)

1. H-system spelling of aĝa

French

Alternative forms

• aga

Etymology

From Turkish ağa

Pronunciation

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Noun

agha m (plural aghas)

1. agha

Igbo

Alternative forms

• aya
• ọ̀ghhụ̀ (Echie)

Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *á-ɣá. Cognate with Ekpeye áwâ, Ogbah áɣâ, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni áɣá, Ika áyá.^[1]

Noun

agha

1. (Onicha) war

References

1. Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid‎

• Williamson, Kay (2006) Dictionary of Ọ̀nịchà Igbo, 2nd Edition, Editor Roger Blench