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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *āka (“elder (brother)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ağa (definite accusative ağanı, plural ağalar)
- lord, master
- chief, boss
- landowner
- (colloquial) used to address father or older brother
Declension
Adjective
ağa
- ruling
- Synonym: hakim
- ağa siniflər ― ruling classes
Further reading
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From the Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).
Pronunciation
Noun
ağa (accusative , plural )
- 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
- Latin spelling of ага (ağa, “a kind of respectful address”)
Turkish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa), from earlier آقا (aqa), from Proto-Turkic *āka (“elder (brother)”). The widespread sense is preserved in ağabey (“elder brother”).
Noun
ağa (definite accusative ağayı, plural ağalar)
- lord, master
- chief, boss
- landowner
Declension
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
ağa
- dative singular of ağ
Zazaki
Noun
ağa
- lord, master
- chief, boss
- landowner