aga
noun
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
agas
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pluralof aga.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The begs and agas continued to exact their forced labour and one-third of their produce; the central government imposed a tithe which had become an eighth by 1875.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
"Quidquid ages—prudenter agas, et respice finem"—and I was a fool,—here I am alone like Shelly's moon, and "pardessus-le-marché"—robbed!
From Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated by James P. Smythe
Leaba luachra," he read, "a bed of rushes, bhi fúm aréir, was beneath me last night, agas do chaitheas amach é le banaghadb an lae, and I threw it out with the whitening of day.
From The Wind Bloweth by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
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
