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
- elder brother
- uncle (meaning 1)
- “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
- 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)
Tatar
Noun
ağa
- a kind of respectful address
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)
- lord, master
- chief, boss
- landowner
Declension
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Nominative | ağa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | ağayı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | ağa | ağalar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | ağayı | ağaları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | ağaya | ağalara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | ağada | ağalarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | ağadan | ağalardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | ağanın | ağaların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Related terms
- ağababa
- ağabey
- ağalanmak
- ağalık
See also
- efendi
- hoca
- işveren
- kaptan
- komodor
- usta, üstad
Zazaki
Noun
ağa
- lord, master
- chief, boss
- landowner