Aga

Aga (plural Agas)

1. Alternative form of AGA (an AGA cooker).

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

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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/, [ˈäɡä]
• (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

Clipping of Agata.

Aga f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Agata

Back-formation from Agnieszka + -a.

Aga f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Agnieszka

• Aga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• 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