ağa
Turkish
/ɑˈɰɑ/
noun
Definitions
- lord, master
- chief, boss
- landowner
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغا (lord) inherited from Proto-Turkic *āka (elder).
Origin
Proto-Turkic
*āka
Gloss
elder
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agha English
- aga Hungarian
- aga Polish
- aga Serbo-Croatian
- ага Serbo-Croatian
- आक़ा Hindi
- آقا Persian
- άγιος Greek (modern)
- aga Turkish
- ağabey Turkish
- bey Turkish
- ага Bulgarian
- ago Albanian
- ağa Azerbaijani
- آغا Ottoman Turkish
- *(i)āka Proto-Turkic
- *āka Proto-Turkic
- ах Chinese
- ага Macedonian
- آقا Urdu
- ағай Bashkir
- ағай-эне Bashkir
- *aka Proto-Mongolic
- ağa Crimean Tatar
- аҕа Yakut