ага
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Abkhaz
Pronunciation
Noun
а-га • (a-ga) (pl)
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (Turkish ağa).
Pronunciation
Noun
ага́ • (agá) m (relational adjective а́гов or а́говски)
- (historical) agha, master, patron
Declension
Declension of ага́
Derived terms
- а́говица (ágovica)
- агу́вам (agúvam)
- аге́тко (agétko)
- аги́на (agína), аги́ня (agínja)
- аги́нка (agínka)
- аги́ница (agínica)
- аги́ца (agíca)
Related terms
References
- “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
Noun
ага • (aga) class d
Verb
ага • (aga)
- to chisel
- Цо тархах шена садаӏаран цӏа аьгна
- Co tarxax šena sadaˀaran cʼa ägna
- He chiseled himself a resting place from rock
Dolgan
Noun
ага • (aga)
Kyrgyz
Etymology
Compare to Southern Altai ака (aka), ага (aga), etc.
Noun
ага • (aga)
Declension
Declension of ага
| singular (жекелик) |
plural (көптөгөн) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (атооч) | ага aga |
агалар agalar |
| genitive (илик) | аганын aganın |
агалардын agalardın |
| dative (барыш) | агага agaga |
агаларга agalarga |
| accusative (табыш) | аганы aganı |
агаларды agalardı |
| locative (жатыш) | агада agada |
агаларда agalarda |
| ablative (чыгыш) | агадан agadan |
агалардан agalardan |
| possessive forms | ||
| first-person singular (менин) | ||
| nominative | агам agam |
агаларым agalarım |
| genitive | агамдын agamdın |
агаларымдын agalarımdın |
| dative | агама agama |
агаларыма agalarıma |
| accusative | агамды agamdı |
агаларымды agalarımdı |
| locative | агамда agamda |
агаларымда agalarımda |
| ablative | агамдан agamdan |
агаларымдан agalarımdan |
| second-person singular informal (сенин) | ||
| nominative | агаң agaŋ |
агаларың agalarıŋ |
| genitive | агаңдын agaŋdın |
агаларыңдын agalarıŋdın |
| dative | агаңа agaŋa |
агаларыңа agalarıŋa |
| accusative | агаңды agaŋdı |
агаларыңды agalarıŋdı |
| locative | агаңда agaŋda |
агаларыңда agalarıŋda |
| ablative | агаңдан agaŋdan |
агаларыңдан agalarıŋdan |
| second-person singular formal (сиздин) | ||
| nominative | агаңыз agaŋız |
агаларыңыз agalarıŋız |
| genitive | агаңыздын agaŋızdın |
агаларыңыздын agalarıŋızdın |
| dative | агаңызга agaŋızga |
агаларыңызга agalarıŋızga |
| accusative | агаңызды agaŋızdı |
агаларыңызды agalarıŋızdı |
| locative | агаңызда agaŋızda |
агаларыңызда agalarıŋızda |
| ablative | агаңыздан agaŋızdan |
агаларыңыздан agalarıŋızdan |
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (Turkish ağa).
Pronunciation
Noun
ага • (aga) m
Declension
| 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
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *akin, compare Evenki акин (akin), Even акан (akan), Manchu ᠠᡥᡡᠨ (ahūn).
Noun
ага (aga)
- elder brother
Russian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
а́га • (ága) f anim (genitive а́ги, nominative plural а́ги, genitive plural аг)
- cane toad (Bufo marinus, now Rhinella marina)
- Synonym: жа́ба-а́га (žába-ága)
Declension
Etymology 2
Compare Turkish ağa, Kazakh аға (ağa).
Pronunciation
Noun
ага́ • (agá) f anim (genitive аги́, nominative plural аги́, genitive plural аг)
- (historical, Turkey, Central Asia) agha, master, patron
Declension
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Interjection
ага́ • (ahá or agá)
- (colloquial) uh-huh (yes)
- (colloquial) aha! (upon figuring something out)
- (colloquial) ahah (laughter)
- Synonym: ахах (axax)
Alternative forms
- ага́сь (agásʹ, ahásʹ)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (Turkish ağa, aga).
Pronunciation
Noun
а̀га m (Latin spelling àga)
Declension
Declension of ага
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *(i)āka (“elder brother; uncle”). Cognate to Kyrgyz ага (aga), etc.
Noun
ага • (aga)
See also
- ака (aka)
References
- Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “ага”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN, page 21