agha

See also: Agha and aghà

English

Alternative forms

• aga, äga

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā, agha) (Turkish ağa ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɡə/, /ɑːˈɡɑː/

Noun

agha (plural aghas)

1. An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.

Translations

an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries

• Albanian: aga (sq)
• Arabic: آغَا m (ʔāḡā)
• Armenian: աղա (hy) (aġa)
• Azerbaijani: ağa (az)
• Belarusian: ага́ m (ahá)
• Bulgarian: ага́ (bg) m (agá)
• Catalan: agà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿迦 (ājiā)

• Czech: aga m
• Finnish: agha (fi)
• French: agha (fr) m, aga (fr) m
• German: Agha (de) m
• Greek: αγάς (el) m (agás)
• Hebrew: אע׳א m, אגא m
• Hindi: आक़ा m (āqā), आग़ा m (āġā)
• Hungarian: aga (hu)
• Indonesian: aga (id)
• Italian: aghà m
• Japanese: アーガー (āgā)
• Kazakh: аға (kk) (ağa)
• Korean: 아가 (ko) (aga)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاغا (ckb) (aẍa)

• Kyrgyz: ага (ky) (aga)
• Macedonian: ага m (aga)
• Malay: aga (ms)
• Persian: آقا (fa) (âqâ), آغا (fa) (âğâ)
• Portuguese: agá (pt) m
• Russian: ага́ (ru) m (agá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀га m

  Roman: àga (sh) m

• Tajik: оғо (oġo)
• Turkish: ağa (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: آغا (ağa)

• Turkmen: ağa
• Ukrainian: ага́ (uk) m (ahá)
• Urdu: آقا (ur) m (āqā), آغا (ur) m (āġā)
• Uzbek: agʻa

Further reading

• Agha (Ottoman Empire) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• aagh

Esperanto

Adjective

agha (accusative singular aghan, plural aghaj, accusative plural aghajn)

1. H-system spelling of aĝa

French

Alternative forms

• aga

Etymology

From Turkish ağa

Pronunciation

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Noun

agha m (plural aghas)

1. agha

Igbo

Alternative forms

• aya
• ọ̀ghhụ̀ (Echie)

Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *á-ɣá. Cognate with Ekpeye áwâ, Ogbah áɣâ, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni áɣá, Ika áyá.

Noun

agha

1. (Onicha) war

References

• Williamson, Kay (2006) Dictionary of Ọ̀nịchà Igbo, 2nd Edition, Editor Roger Blench [2]