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• aga
  aga

  noun

  a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
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  Aga

  noun

  a cooking range and heating system powered by solid fuel, electricity, or gas

aga

American  

[ah-guh] / ˈɑ gə /

Or agha

noun

1. a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.

2. a general.

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aga ¹ British  

/ ˈɑːɡə /

noun

1. a title of respect, often used with the title of a senior position

2. a military commander

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Aga ² British  

/ ˈɑːɡə /

noun

1. a cooking range and heating system powered by solid fuel, electricity, or gas

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Etymology

Origin of aga

First recorded in 1590–1600, aga is from the Turkish word ağa lord

Example Sentences

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 J?kai, M?r

I went to the house of the aga to seek for a habitation, but the aga was asleep; and who was there so bold as to wake a sleeping aga?

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert

However, making a virtue of necessity, I gravely restored to the aga the robe and turban of his master, and retook my own old caftan, which was a mass of rags.

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia

I thanked him, without being able to penetrate his designs, and then by his orders followed the aga of his black eunuchs, who released me from the prison, and took me to the bath.

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia