ага

See also: Ага, аға, яға, and Appendix:Variations of "aga"

Abkhaz

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aɡa]

Noun

а-га • (a-ga) (pl)

  1. coast

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (Turkish ağa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈɡa]
  • (file)

Noun

ага́ • (agá) m (relational adjective а́гов or а́говски)

  1. (historical) agha, master, patron

Declension

Derived terms

  • а́говица (ágovica)
  • агу́вам (agúvam)
  • аге́тко (agétko)
  • аги́на (agína), аги́ня (agínja)
    • аги́нка (agínka)
  • аги́ница (agínica)
  • аги́ца (agíca)
  • агала́р (agalár), агала́рин (agalárin)
  • агалъ́к (agalǎ́k)

References

  • ага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • ага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ага̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 3
  • ага”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 18

Chechen

Noun

ага • (aga) class d

  1. crib

Verb

ага • (aga)

  1. to chisel
    Цо тархах шена садаӏаран цӏа аьгна
    Co tarxax šena sadaˀaran cʼa ägna
    He chiseled himself a resting place from rock

Dolgan

Noun

ага • (aga)

  1. father

Kyrgyz

Etymology

Compare to Southern Altai ака (aka), etc.

Noun

ага • (aga)

  1. (elder) brother
  2. uncle
  3. senior

Declension

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (Turkish ağa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɡa]
  • (file)

Noun

ага • (aga) m

  1. agha
  2. (archaic) master, patron

Declension

Nanai

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *akin, compare Evenki акин (akin), Even акан (akan), Manchu ᠠᡥᡡᠨ (ahūn).

Noun

ага (aga)

  1. elder brother

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɡə]

Noun

а́га • (ága) f anim (genitive а́ги, nominative plural а́ги, genitive plural аг)

  1. cane toad (Bufo marinus, now Rhinella marina)
    Synonym: жа́ба-а́га (žába-ága)
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa), Turkish ağa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈɡa]

Noun

ага́ • (agá) f anim (genitive аги́, nominative plural аги́, genitive plural аг)

  1. (historical, Turkey, Central Asia) agha, master, patron
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈɦa]
  • IPA(key): [ɐˈɣa]
  • (file)

Interjection

ага́ • (ahá or agá)

  1. (colloquial) uh-huh (yes)
    Synonyms: да (da), так (tak), угу́ (uhú, ugú)
  2. (colloquial) aha! (upon figuring something out)
  3. (colloquial) ahah (laughter)
    Synonym: ахах (axax)
Alternative forms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (Turkish ağa, aga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎɡa/
  • Hyphenation: а‧га

Noun

а̀га m (Latin spelling àga)

  1. agha
  2. (dated) master
  3. (dated) patron

Declension

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