agha

English

/ˈɑːɡə/

noun

Definitions

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

Etymology

Derived from Ottoman Turkish آغا (lord).

Origin

Ottoman Turkish

آغا

Gloss

lord

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

aga Hungarian
aga Polish
aga Serbo-Croatian
ага Serbo-Croatian
άγιος Greek (modern)
aga Turkish
ağa Turkish
ağabey Turkish
ага Bulgarian
ago Albanian
آغا Ottoman Turkish
*āka Proto-Turkic
ага Macedonian
ağa Crimean Tatar