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ага

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Abkhaz

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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а-га (a-ga) (pl)

  1. coast

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐˈɡa]
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Noun

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ага́ (agám (relational adjective а́гов or а́говски)

  1. (historical) agha, master, patron

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • 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), volume 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

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Noun

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ага (agaclass d

  1. crib

Verb

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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

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Noun

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ага (aga)

  1. father

Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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Compare to Southern Altai ака (aka), ага (aga), etc.

Noun

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ага (aga)

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

Declension

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ага (agam

  1. agha
  2. (archaic) master, patron

Declension

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Declension of ага
singular plural
indefinite ага (aga) аги (agi)
definite unspecified агата (agata) агите (agite)
definite proximal агава (agava) агиве (agive)
definite distal агана (agana) агине (agine)
vocative аго (ago) аги (agi)

Nanai

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ага (aga)

  1. elder brother

Russian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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а́га (ágaf anim (genitive а́ги, nominative plural а́ги, genitive plural аг)

  1. cane toad (Bufo marinus, now Rhinella marina)
    Synonym: жа́ба-а́га (žába-ága)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Compare Turkish ağa, Kazakh аға (ağa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ага́ (agáf anim (genitive аги́, nominative plural аги́, genitive plural аг)

  1. (historical, Turkey, Central Asia) agha, master, patron
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Etymology 3

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Interjection

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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
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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а̀га m (Latin spelling àga)

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

Declension

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Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *(i)āka (elder brother; uncle). Cognate to Kyrgyz ага (aga), etc.

Noun

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ага (aga)

  1. elder brother

See also

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References

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  • Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “ага”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN, page 21