aga

aga (plural agas)

1. Alternative spelling of agha
   • 1775, Richard Chandler, Travels in Asia Minor, or, An account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 229:

     They were headed by a Chiauſh or the Meſſinger of an Aga, who commanded in a ſmall village to the weſt of Pambouk.

• GAA

• agë

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (aġa, “a lord or master”).^[1]

aga m (plural agallarë, definite agai, definite plural agallarët)

1. agha, Ottoman nobleman with a landed estate (ranging below bey)
2. (old) rich man
3. (old) clan chief
4. (derogatory) pretentious or officious person

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “aga”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ága.

aga

1. morning

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ága.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡa/ [ˈʔa.ɡa]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: a‧ga

ága (Basahan spelling ᜀᜄ)

1. morning

   Coordinate terms: udto, hapon, banggi

aga

1. canoe

• Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 2

• argarde (Moulins Dialect and Berrichon)

aga^[1]

1. look at (imperative mood)

• (short form) 'ga
• (following some prepositions) -'ga
• (Standard Cornish, short form) gà

Apparently cognate with Welsh eu, Irish acu.^[1]

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˌaɡa]

aga (triggers aspirate mutation)

1. their

aga

1. morning

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

aga

1. but

   Synonyms: kuid, a (colloquial)

• agha

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa, “lord, master”).

aga m (plural agas)

1. aga, agha

• “aga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

aga

1. Alternative form of agás

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡa/ [ˈʔa.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: a‧ga

aga (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤ)

1. stick or candle of a leaf-wrapped pitch, which serves as a numerable unit of trade and a light source

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ága.

aga (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤ)

1. punctuality

• This definition is not directly attested as a standalone word.

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 20

aga (diminutive agá-ága)

1. morning

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā, “lord”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒɡɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

aga (plural agák)

1. agha

   A koppányi aga testamentuma (the title of a 1937 novel by István Fekete, cinematized in 1967^[1])

   The Testament of Koppány’s Agha

• aga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• aga in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

See the noun agi (“discipline”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

aga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative agaði, supine agað)

1. to discipline [with accusative]

• agi (“discipline, constraint”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡa]
• Hyphenation: aga

From Malay aga, from Classical Malay اڬ (aga).

aga

1. arrogant, conceited, haughty, snobbish.

   Synonyms: angkuh, sombong

Borrowed from Kulisusu [Term?].

aga (uncountable)

1. fish louse (Argulus spp.).

   Synonym: kutu ikan

Borrowed from Wolio [Term?].

aga

1. to look with the intention of laughing or challenging

• “aga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Variant form of eang with semantic narrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡə/

aga m (genitive singular aga, nominative plural agaí)

1. period of time, interval
2. distance

• agaigh (“space out, stagger”, verb)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75

• agu (Sotavento)

From Portuguese água.

aga

1. (Barlavento) water

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

• IPA^(key): /aɣa/

aga (infinitive kwaga)

1. to lack, to miss, to fail to find

(Nouns)

• mwagi class 1

(Proverbs)

• ithĩnjĩro rĩtiagaga thakame
• (kanua) karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga
• ng'enda thĩ ndĩagaga mũtegi
• nyũngũ ya mũingĩ ndĩagaga mũteng'ũri
• riko na nda itiagaga
• thũ ndĩagaga mwenji

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 45.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

aga

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*apa₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• ega (Cazét)

From Latin aqua.

aga f (plural [please provide])

1. (Brach) water

aga

1. if

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɡɑː/

aga m (Arabic spelling ئاگا)

1. Alternative form of agah

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aga”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2

From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.

aga

1. to build

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌɡɑː/

āgā

1. inflection of āgān:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive
   3. singular imperative

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“to possess”). Cognates include Old English āgan and Old Saxon ēgan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɣa/

āga

1. (auxiliary) to have to

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

From Proto-Germanic *agōną, related to agi (“terror”), from Proto-Germanic *agô, form of *agaz (“fear, dread”).

aga

1. to threaten
2. to look dangerous

• agi

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “aga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: a‧ga
• Homophone: Aga

Borrowed from Turkish ağa.^[1]

aga m pers

1. (Islam, military) agha (honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

aga f

1. cane toad

   Synonyms: kururu, ropucha olbrzymia

• aga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

aga f (plural agale)

1. Alternative form of agă

aga

1. cooked rice

• aggek, aagig

Compare Norwegian akkar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɡa/, /ˈaɡək/

aga (plural agas)

1. (Shetland) A variety of eight-armed cuttlefish

• “aga, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (Turkish ağa, aga).

• IPA^(key): /ǎɡa/
• Hyphenation: a‧ga

àga m (Cyrillic spelling а̀га)

1. agha
2. (dated) master
3. (dated) patron

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡa/ [ˈa.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: a‧ga

aga m (plural agas)

1. Alternative form of agá

• “aga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

• Audio (Kenya):

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-aga (infinitive kuaga)

1. to say goodbye, to bid adieu to something

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -agia
  • Causative: -agisha
  • Passive: -agwa
  • Reciprocal: -agana
  • Stative: -agika
  • Other formations: -aga dunia (“to die”)

From Old Norse agi.

aga c

1. (uncountable) corporal punishment (especially of children), beating

• agaförbud
• barnaga

• björkris
• smisk

From Old Swedish agha.

aga (present agar, preterite agade, supine agat, imperative aga)

1. to beat, to punish corporally, to discipline

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).

aga c

1. an agha (Turkish title)

• aga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• aga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• aga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Proto-Philippine *ága (“early; punctual”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡa/ [ˈʔaː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: a‧ga

aga (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ)

1. earliness

   Synonyms: kaagahan, agap

2. (obsolete) eating breakfast

From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.

aga

1. to build

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā).

aga (definite accusative agayı, plural agalar)

1. (dialectal) big brother
2. (dialectal) rich man
3. (colloquial) bro

   Aga niye öyle dedi 💀

   Why did bro say it like that 💀

• “aga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

IPA^(key): [aːɣa]

aga

1. elder brother
2. paternal uncle

• “aga” in Enedilim.com
• “aga” in Webonary.org

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡà/

agà

1. Tree hyrax; (in particular) the Dendrohyrax interfluvialis

   Synonym: ọ̀fàfà

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡà/

agà

1. ladder

   Synonyms: àkàsọ̀, àkàbà

2. (idiomatic) pubescent age; the age at which one becomes sexually mature

• bàlágà (“to reach the age of puberty”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡà/

agà

1. the tree Musanga cecropioides; also known as the African corkwood tree

Compare with Edo aga

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡā/

àga

1. chair, stool

   Synonyms: ìjókòó, òtìtà, ìpèkù, iján, àpótí

• alága (“chairperson”)