آقا

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Ottoman Turkish [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Noun [edit]

آقا (aqa)

  1. (provincial, dialectal) Alternative spelling of آغا (ağa)

Persian [edit]

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia fa

Etymology [edit]

From Turkic. Compare Turkish ağa.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

آقا • (âqâ), plural آقایان (âqâyân)

  1. (as a title of respect) Mr., Sir, Lord
  2. sir, gentleman, lord
  3. agha
  4. (informal or misspelled) eunuch

Usage notes [edit]

Persian does not have grammatical gender, but in formal writing, آقا (âqâ, “sir”) is semantically masculine and the homophone آغا (âğâ) is its feminine counterpart.

Urdu [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Persian آقا (âqâ), from Turkic. Compare Turkish ağa.

Alternative forms [edit]

Noun [edit]

آقا • (āqā) m, Hindi spelling आक़ा

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