aga
noun
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
aga
American
[ah-guh]
/ ˈɑ gə /
Or
agha
noun
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agas
plural
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a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
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a general.
aga
1
British
/ ˈɑːɡə /
noun
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a title of respect, often used with the title of a senior position
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a military commander
Aga
2
British
/ ˈɑːɡə /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of aga
First recorded in 1590–1600, aga is from the Turkish word ağa lord
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He hasn’t called me aga in a long time.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
The aga gnashed his teeth, and stared wildly about, as if seeking for big words worthy of the occasion.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai
I drew from my strong-box one thousand grouches, and went to the aga of the Janissaries.
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Julia Pardoe
Mrs. Besant took proceedings aga nst the author of the article and the publisher of The Antiseptic; and the Treasurer of the Theosophical Society was moved at the same time to action against The Hindu.
From H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal by Alice Leighton Cleather
It is particularly applied to the civil, as aga is to the military officers of the Sultan.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
Aga, a 22-year-old student at the oil-and-gas university in the capital Ashgabat, told AFP investment at the field was creating many jobs.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
Aga told BBC News how the symptoms have shaped her life.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Founded in 1959 by the late billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader Aga Khan, it aimed to give a voice to the majority African population, the company says in its profile.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
An Aga is an iron cooking range which absorbs heat and then releases it slowly, so the cooker stays warm even when it's not in use.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
But in all this interval only Shukri Aga, the chief of Mswa Station, appeared.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Joel Tyler Headley
Gans an eleth yu golow, Yn nef agas enefow Neffre a tryg hep ponow Yn joy na vyth dywythys.
From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Henry Jenner
The viziers took their places; the Sultan's divan remains vacant; nearest to it sits the Grand Vizier; farther back sit the pashas, agas, and begs.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai
"Gloir do'n Athair, agas do'n Mhac, agas do'n Spiorad Naomh," went the drone of the rosary within.
From The Wind Bloweth by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
A Latin couplet, cited by one of the old commentators, puts the matter compactly together for us:— "Litera gesta refert; quid credas allegoria; Moralis quid agas; quid speres anagogia."
From Among My Books Second Series by James Russell Lowell
Dull silence followed; the murzas, the agas, and the mullahs looked on the face of the Khan, as on the sun, holding the breath in their breasts.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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