агъа

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Crimean Tatar

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Other scripts
Cyrillic агъа
Roman ağa

Noun

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агъа (ağa)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of ağa (older brother, uncle)

Kumyk

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Etymology

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Possibly from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa), or directly inherited from its source Proto-Turkic *āka (elder (brother)). Thus cognates with Turkish Turkish ağa.

Noun

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агъа (ağa)

  1. older brother
    Synonym: уллу эр къардаш (ullu er qardaş)
    Hypernym: къардаш (qardaş)
    Meronyms: (younger brother) ини (ini), (younger brother) гиччи эр къардаш (giççi er qardaş)

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