ага

See also: аға and яға

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡa/

Noun

ага • (aga) m

1. (history) agha, master, patron

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Chechen

Noun

ага • (aga) class dd

1. crib

Verb

ага • (aga)

1. to chisel

   Цо тархах шена садаӏаран цӏа аьгна

   Co tarxax šena sadaˀaran cʼa ägna

   He chiseled himself a resting place from rock

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Macedonian

Etymology

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

Noun

ага • (aga) m

1. agha
2. (archaic) master, patron

Inflection

Declension of ага

	singular	plural
indefinite	ага	аги
definite unspecified	агата	агите
definite proximal	агава	агиве
definite distal	агана	агине
vocative	аго	аги

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Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡə]

Noun

а́га • (ága) f anim (genitive а́ги, nominative plural а́ги, genitive plural аг)

1. cane toad (Bufo marinus, now Rhinella marina)

Declension

Declension of а́га (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	а́га ága	а́ги ági
genitive	а́ги ági	а́г ág
dative	а́ге áge	а́гам ágam
accusative	а́гу águ	а́г ág
instrumental	а́гой, а́гою ágoj, ágoju	а́гами ágami
prepositional	а́ге áge	а́гах ágax

Synonyms

• жа́ба-а́га (žába-ága)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈɡa]

Noun

ага́ • (agá) f anim (genitive аги́, nominative plural аги́, genitive plural аг)

1. (history, Turkey, Central Asia) agha, master, patron

Declension

Declension of ага́ (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ага́ agá	аги́ agí
genitive	аги́ agí	а́г ág
dative	аге́ agé	ага́м agám
accusative	агу́ agú	а́г ág
instrumental	аго́й, аго́ю agój, agóju	ага́ми agámi
prepositional	аге́ agé	ага́х agáx

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈʕa]
• IPA^(key): [ɐˈɣa]

Interjection

ага́ or ага • (ahá or agá)

1. yep, yeah (colloquial form of yes)
2. aha, uh-huh (indicates that the speaker is listening to you, but does not necessarily imply agreement)

Synonyms

• да (da)
• так (tak)
• угу́ (ugú)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎɡa/
• Hyphenation: а‧га

Noun

а̀га m (Latin spelling àga)

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

Declension

Declension of ага

	singular	plural
nominative	а̀га	аге
genitive	аге	а̑га̄
dative	аги	агама
accusative	агу	аге
vocative	аго	аге
locative	аги	агама
instrumental	агом	агама