agá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aga"

Arua

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

agá

1. tobacco, parica

References

• Chandless, W. (1869) “Notes of a Journey up the River Juruá”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, volume 39, pages 296-311.

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɡá/, [ʔaɡá̤]

Pronoun

agá

1. (demonstrative) that

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɡa/ [ɐˈɣa]

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧gá

Etymology 1

From *aca, variant form of Vulgar Latin *acca (“aitch”).

Alternative forms

• hagá (rare)

Noun

agá m (plural agás)

1. aitch (name of the letter H, h)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).

Noun

agá m (plural agás)

1. (historical) agha (honorific for high officials in the Ottoman Empire)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• aga

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡa/ [aˈɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧gá

Noun

agá m (plural agás)

1. (historical) agha (honorific for high officials in the Ottoman Empire)

Further reading

• “agá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28