agha
Americannoun
noun
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It was Rahim Khan who first referred to him as what eventually became Baba’s famous nickname, Too-phan agha, or “Mr. Hurricane.”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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“What will Amir agha think?” he said to me.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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Amir agha, Alas the Afghanistan of our youth is long dead.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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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
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Amir agha, Rahim Khan sahib is quite ill.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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