Aga

Aga (plural Agas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of AGA (an AGA cooker).
   • 2023 September 23, Tim Hayward, “Not so easy does it”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:

     Le Creuset pots were expensive, including at David's shop, and you had to strengthen the floor to install a bloody Aga.

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Aga

1. A river in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.

• Aginskoye

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Norwegian Aga, a habitational surname of uncertain derivation.
• Borrowed from Turkish Ağa, an occupational surname from ağa (“lord; chief, boss”).
• Borrowed from Amharic አጋ (ʾäga).

Aga (plural Agas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Aga is the 39004^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 565 individuals. Aga is most common among White (53.27%), Asian/Pacific Islander (20.0%) and Black/African American (12.57%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aga”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.

• GAA

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā, agha) (Turkish ağa), from Proto-Turkic *āka (“elder (brother)”).

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

Aga (first-person possessive Agaku, second-person possessive Agamu, third-person possessive Aganya)

1. An honorific for high officials used in Turkey, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and certain Muslim countries.

From Balinese ᬳᬕ, from Proto-Austronesian *ága (“early, punctual”). Compare to Tagalog ága (“earliness”).

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

Aga (first-person possessive Agaku, second-person possessive Agamu, third-person possessive Aganya)

1. natives of the island of Bali.

• “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.

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/, [ˈäɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/, [ˈäːɡä]

Aga f sg (genitive Agae); first declension

1. A mountain in Armenia, mentioned by Pliny

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Aga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: A‧ga
• Homophone: aga

Clipping of Agata + -a.

Aga f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Agata

Clipping of Agnieszka + -a.

Aga f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Agnieszka

• Aga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From agă.

Aga m (genitive/dative lui Aga)

1. a surname originating as an occupation

Borrowed from Dutch (Den) Haag.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/

Aga

1. The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)

• → Dutch: Agga