آغا

From Ottoman Turkish آغا‎ (aġa, “lord”).

آغا (aġa) m

1. lord, master
2. agha, an honorific title of address; Mr., sir

   ‏شلونك آغاتي؟‎‎

   šlonak aġati?

   How are you Sir?

• (provincial) آقا‎ (aka)

From Proto-Turkic *āka (“elder (brother)”). Possibly related to Proto-Mongolic *aka (“elder brother”) and Proto-Tungusic *ake (“elder brother”), whence Mongolian ах (ax) and Nanai ага (aga).

آغا • (ağa)

1. lord, master
2. eldest brother
3. eldest paternal uncle
4. head of household
5. head male servant
6. agha, an honorific title of address; Mr., sir
7. agha, a title of various military and civil officers

• → Bulgarian: ага (aga)
• → Romanian: agă
• Turkish: ağa
• → Armenian: աղա (ała), Աղասի (Ałasi)

• Tokat, Feyza (2014), “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi)‎, volume 7, issue 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.

From Turkic. Compare Turkish ağa.

• Homophones: آقا‎

آغا • (âğâ)

1. Mrs.; Lady; Madam
2. eunuch
3. (informal or misspelled) Mr.
4. (informal or misspelled) sir, gentleman
5. agha, aga

In formal writing, آغا (âğâ) is considered the semantically feminine form of آقا‎ (âqâ, “Mr., sir”), a homophone in some dialects.

• آقا‎ (āqā)

From Persian آغا‎ (âğâ), from Turkic. Compare Turkish ağa and Bengali আগা (aga).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɣɑː/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɣɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

آغا • (āġā) m (Hindi spelling आग़ा)

1. Mr.
2. sir, gentleman
3. master
4. owner
5. lord