ağa

ağa

See also: aga, Aga, AGA, ága, agá, agà, aĝa, and äga

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From the Ottoman Turkish آغا‎ (ağa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈɣɑ/

Noun

ağa

1. elder brother
2. uncle (meaning 1)
3. “uncle” (meaning 3) — not always a member of the extended family, but in every case someone who gives you advice and support in different ways
4. form of address to any man who is elder than you, showing both fondness and respect
   

Usage notes

Such words are far more usual in Crimean Tatar than words like sir in English, for example, and they are often hard to translate in any Western European languages.

Related terms

• babay-ağa, probably the origin of the Ukrainian, Rusyn, Belarusian, and Russian Баба-Яга (Baba-Jaga)

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Tatar

Noun

ağa

1. a kind of respectful address

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آغا‎ (ağa), from earlier *āɣa, from Proto-Turkic *āka (“elder (brother)”). The widespread sense is preserved in ağabey (“elder brother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈɰɑ/, [ɑ.ˈɑ]

Noun

ağa (definite accusative ağayı, plural ağalar)

1. lord, master
2. chief, boss
3. landowner

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ağa
Definite accusative	ağayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ağa	ağalar
Definite accusative	ağayı	ağaları
Dative	ağaya	ağalara
Locative	ağada	ağalarda
Ablative	ağadan	ağalardan
Genitive	ağanın	ağaların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular ağam ağalarım 2nd singular ağan ağaların 3rd singular ağası ağaları 1st plural ağamız ağalarımız 2nd plural ağanız ağalarınız 3rd plural ağaları ağaları
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular ağayım ağalarım 2nd singular ağasın ağalarsın 3rd singular ağa ağadır ağalar ağalardır 1st plural ağayız ağalarız 2nd plural ağasınız ağalarsınız 3rd plural ağalar ağalardır

Related terms

• ağababa
• ağabey
• ağalanmak
• ağalık

See also

• efendi
• hoca
• işveren
• kaptan
• komodor
• usta, üstad

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Zazaki

Noun

ağa

1. lord, master
2. chief, boss
3. landowner