aga

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “aga”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 30

Further reading[edit]

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

Asi[edit]

Noun[edit]

aga

  1. morning

Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ága.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡa/, [ˈʔa.ɡa]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ga
  • Audio (BCL)(file)

Noun[edit]

aga (Basahan spelling ᜀᜄ)

  1. morning
    Coordinate terms: udto, hapon, banggi

Derived terms[edit]

Bola[edit]

Noun[edit]

aga

  1. canoe

References[edit]

Bourbonnais-Berrichon[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • argarde (Moulins Dialect and Berrichon)

Verb[edit]

aga[1]

  1. look at (imperative mood)

References[edit]

  1. ^
    1904, Paul Duchon, Grammaire et Dictionnaire Du Patois Bourbonnais (canton De Vareness), page 21:

Cornish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ˈæɡə/

Determiner[edit]

aga

  1. their

Eskayan[edit]

Noun[edit]

aga

  1. morning

Estonian[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

aga

  1. but

French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

aga m (plural agas)

  1. aga, agha

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Preposition[edit]

aga

  1. Alternative form of agás

Hiligaynon[edit]

Noun[edit]

aga (diminutive agá-ága)

  1. morning

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative aga agák
accusative agát agákat
dative agának agáknak
instrumental agával agákkal
causal-final agáért agákért
translative agává agákká
terminative agáig agákig
essive-formal agaként agákként
essive-modal — —
inessive agában agákban
superessive agán agákon
adessive agánál agáknál
illative agába agákba
sublative agára agákra
allative agához agákhoz
elative agából agákból
delative agáról agákról
ablative agától agáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		agáé agáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		agáéi agákéi
Possessive forms of aga
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. agám agáim
2nd person sing. agád agáid
3rd person sing. agája agái
1st person plural agánk agáink
2nd person plural agátok agáitok
3rd person plural agájuk agáik

References[edit]

  1. ^ IMDb entry

Further reading[edit]

  • 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 Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See the noun agi (“discipline”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to discipline

Conjugation[edit]

aga — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að aga
supine
(sagnbót) 		agað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		agandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég aga við ögum present
(nútíð) 		ég agi við ögum
þú agar þið agið þú agir þið agið
hann, hún, það agar þeir, þær, þau aga hann, hún, það agi þeir, þær, þau agi
past
(þátíð) 		ég agaði við öguðum past
(þátíð) 		ég agaði við öguðum
þú agaðir þið öguðuð þú agaðir þið öguðuð
hann, hún, það agaði þeir, þær, þau öguðu hann, hún, það agaði þeir, þær, þau öguðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		aga (þú) agið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
agaðu agiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
agast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að agast
supine
(sagnbót) 		agast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		agandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég agast við ögumst present
(nútíð) 		ég agist við ögumst
þú agast þið agist þú agist þið agist
hann, hún, það agast þeir, þær, þau agast hann, hún, það agist þeir, þær, þau agist
past
(þátíð) 		ég agaðist við öguðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég agaðist við öguðumst
þú agaðist þið öguðust þú agaðist þið öguðust
hann, hún, það agaðist þeir, þær, þau öguðust hann, hún, það agaðist þeir, þær, þau öguðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		agast (þú) agist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
agastu agisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
agaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		agaður öguð agað agaðir agaðar öguð
accusative
(þolfall) 		agaðan agaða agað agaða agaðar öguð
dative
(þágufall) 		öguðum agaðri öguðu öguðum öguðum öguðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		agaðs agaðrar agaðs agaðra agaðra agaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		agaði agaða agaða öguðu öguðu öguðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		agaða öguðu agaða öguðu öguðu öguðu
dative
(þágufall) 		agaða öguðu agaða öguðu öguðu öguðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		agaða öguðu agaða öguðu öguðu öguðu

Related terms[edit]

  • agi (“discipline, constraint”)

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

aga

  1. arrogant, conceited, haughty, snobbish.
    Synonyms: angkuh, sombong
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Kulisusu [Term?].

Noun[edit]

aga (first-person possessive agaku, second-person possessive agamu, third-person possessive aganya)

  1. fish louse (Argulus spp.).
    Synonym: kutu ikan

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Wolio [Term?].

Verb[edit]

aga

  1. to look with the intention of laughing or challenging

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Variant form of eang with semantic narrowing.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

aga m (genitive singular aga, nominative plural agaí)

  1. period of time, interval
  2. distance

Declension[edit]

Declension of aga

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aga agaí
Vocative a aga a agaí
Genitive aga agaí
Dative aga agaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aga na hagaí
Genitive an aga na n-agaí
Dative leis an aga

don aga

leis na hagaí

Derived terms[edit]

  • agaigh (“space out, stagger”, verb)

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aga n-aga haga t-aga
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Kabuverdianu[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese água.

Noun[edit]

aga

  1. (Barlavento) water

References[edit]

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

Kikuyu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

aga (infinitive kwaga)

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

Derived terms[edit]

(Nouns)

(Proverbs)

References[edit]

  • 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.

Laboya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun[edit]

aga

  1. what (interrogative pronoun)

References[edit]

  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*apa₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Ladin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin aqua.

Noun[edit]

aga f (plural [please provide])

  1. (Brach) water

Lindu[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

aga

  1. if

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

aga m (Arabic spelling ئاگا)

  1. Alternative form of agah

Declension[edit]

Declension of aga
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative aga aga
Construct agayê agayên
Oblique agayî agayan
Demonstrative oblique wî agayî wan agayan
Vocative agayo agayino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative agayek agayin
Construct agayekî agayine
Oblique agayekî agayinan

References[edit]

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

Northern Sotho[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

aga

  1. to build

Old Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

āga

  1. (auxiliary) to have to

References[edit]

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

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

aga

  1. to threaten
  2. to look dangerous

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of aga — active (weak class 2)
infinitive aga
present participle agandi
past participle agaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular aga agaða
2nd-person singular agar agaðir
3rd-person singular agar agaði
1st-person plural ǫgum ǫguðum
2nd-person plural agið ǫguðuð
3rd-person plural aga ǫguðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular aga agaða
2nd-person singular agir agaðir
3rd-person singular agi agaði
1st-person plural agim agaðim
2nd-person plural agið agaðið
3rd-person plural agi agaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular aga
1st-person plural ǫgum
2nd-person plural agið
Conjugation of aga — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive agask
present participle agandisk
past participle agazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular ǫgumk ǫguðumk
2nd-person singular agask agaðisk
3rd-person singular agask agaðisk
1st-person plural ǫgumsk ǫguðumsk
2nd-person plural agizk ǫguðuzk
3rd-person plural agask ǫguðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular ǫgumk ǫguðumk
2nd-person singular agisk agaðisk
3rd-person singular agisk agaðisk
1st-person plural agimsk agaðimsk
2nd-person plural agizk agaðizk
3rd-person plural agisk agaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular agask
1st-person plural ǫgumsk
2nd-person plural agizk

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “aga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Turkish ağa.[1]

Noun[edit]

aga m pers

  1. (Islam, military) agha (honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries)
Declension[edit]
Declension of aga
singular plural
nominative aga agowie
genitive agi agów
dative adze agom
accusative agę agów
instrumental agą agami
locative adze agach
vocative ago agowie

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

aga f

  1. cane toad
    Synonyms: kururu, ropucha olbrzymia
Declension[edit]
Declension of aga
singular plural
nominative aga agi
genitive agi ag
dative adze agom
accusative agę agi
instrumental agą agami
locative adze agach
vocative ago agi

References[edit]

  1. ^ Elżbieta Sobol (red.), Mały słownik języka polskiego, wyd. XI, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1994. →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • aga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

aga f (plural agale)

  1. Alternative form of agă

Declension[edit]

Declension of aga
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) aga agaua (niște) agale agalele
genitive/dative (unei) agale agalei (unor) agale agalelor
vocative aga agalelor

Rukai[edit]

Noun[edit]

aga

  1. cooked rice

Scots[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Norwegian akkar.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːɡa/, /ˈaɡək/

Noun[edit]

aga (plural agas)

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

References[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

àga m (Cyrillic spelling а̀га)

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of aga
singular plural
nominative àga age
genitive age ȃgā
dative agi agama
accusative agu age
vocative ago age
locative agi agama
instrumental agom agama

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

aga m (plural agas)

  1. Alternative form of agá

Further reading[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

-aga (infinitive kuaga)

  1. to say goodbye, to bid adieu to something

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of -aga
Positive present -naaga
Subjunctive -age
Negative -agi
Imperative singular aga
Infinitives
Positive kuaga
Negative kutoaga
Imperatives
Singular aga
Plural ageni
Tensed forms
Habitual huaga
Positive past positive subject concord + -liaga
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuaga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naaga)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaaga/naaga tunaaga
2nd person unaaga mnaaga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaaga wanaaga
other classes positive subject concord + -naaga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -agi)
Singular Plural
1st person siagi hatuagi
2nd person huagi hamwagi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haagi hawaagi
other classes negative subject concord + -agi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taaga
Negative future negative subject concord + -taaga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -age)
Singular Plural
1st person niage tuage
2nd person uage mwage
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aage waage
other classes positive subject concord + -age
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siage
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeaga
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeaga
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliaga
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliaga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aaga)
Singular Plural
1st person naaga twaaga
2nd person waaga mwaaga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaga waaga
m-mi(III/IV) waaga yaaga
ji-ma(V/VI) laaga yaaga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaaga vyaaga
n(IX/X) yaaga zaaga
u(XI) waaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaaga
pa(XVI) paaga
mu(XVIII) mwaaga
Perfect positive subject concord + -meaga
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaaga
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaaga
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiaga
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoaga
Consecutive kaaga / positive subject concord + -kaaga
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaage
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niaga -tuaga
2nd person -kuaga -waaga/-kuageni/-waageni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwaga -waaga
m-mi(III/IV) -uaga -iaga
ji-ma(V/VI) -liaga -yaaga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiaga -viaga
n(IX/X) -iaga -ziaga
u(XI) -uaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuaga
pa(XVI) -paaga
mu(XVIII) -muaga
Reflexive -jiaga
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -aga- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -agaye -agao
m-mi(III/IV) -agao -agayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -agalo -agayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -agacho -agavyo
n(IX/X) -agayo -agazo
u(XI) -agao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -agako
pa(XVI) -agapo
mu(XVIII) -agamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -aga)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeaga -oaga
m-mi(III/IV) -oaga -yoaga
ji-ma(V/VI) -loaga -yoaga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choaga -vyoaga
n(IX/X) -yoaga -zoaga
u(XI) -oaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koaga
pa(XVI) -poaga
mu(XVIII) -moaga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse agi.

Noun[edit]

aga c

  1. (uncountable) corporal punishment (especially of children), beating
Declension[edit]
Declension of aga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative aga agan agor agorna
Genitive agas agans agors agornas
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Swedish agha.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to beat, to punish corporally, to discipline
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of aga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive aga agas
Supine agat agats
Imperative aga —
Imper. plural1 agen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative agar agade agas agades
Ind. plural1 aga agade agas agades
Subjunctive2 age agade ages agades
Participles
Present participle agande
Past participle agad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).

Noun[edit]

aga c

  1. an agha (Turkish title)
Declension[edit]
Declension of aga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative aga agan agor agorna
Genitive agas agans agors agornas

References[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

aga (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ)

  1. earliness
    Synonyms: kaagahan, agap
  2. (obsolete) eating breakfast

Derived terms[edit]

Tswana[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

aga

  1. to build

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā).

Noun[edit]

aga (definite accusative agayı, plural agalar)

  1. (dialectal) big brother
  2. (dialectal) rich man

References[edit]

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

Yoruba[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

agà

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

agà

  1. ladder
    Synonyms: àkàsọ̀, àkàbà
  2. (idiomatic) pubescent age; the age at which one becomes sexually mature
Derived terms[edit]
  • bàlágà (“to reach the age of puberty”)

Etymology 3[edit]

Igi agà

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

agà

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

Etymology 4[edit]

Àga

Compare with Edo aga

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

àga

  1. chair, stool
    Synonyms: ìjókòó, òtìtà, ìpèkù, iján, àpótí
Derived terms[edit]
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