agha
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
“Did something happen to him, Amir agha? Something he’s not telling me?”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
“You are the Amir agha Father told me about?” he said.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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
“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
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