agha
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He is the Baba of my childhood, Toophan agha, the towering specimen of Pashtun might, not the withered man under the blankets, the man with the sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
Amir agha, Rahim Khan sahib is quite ill.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
“As for you, I’ll pick you up this evening. Don’t tire Amir agha too much.”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
“I understand that Rasheed agha has tickets for the bus to Kabul that leaves shordy. So, in the interest of time, we will bypass some of the traditional steps to speed up the proceedings.”
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
In Kabul, fear is everywhere, in the streets, in the stadium, in the markets, it is a part of our lives here, Amir agha.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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