Aga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aga"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Aga (plural Agas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of AGA (an AGA cooker).
   • 2023 September 23, Tim Hayward, “Not so easy does it”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:

     Le Creuset pots were expensive, including at David's shop, and you had to strengthen the floor to install a bloody Aga.

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Aga

1. A river in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.

Related terms

• Aginskoye

Translations

river in Zabaykalsky Krai

• Armenian: Ագա (Aga)
• Russian: Ага́ (ru) (Agá)

Etymology 3

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).

Proper noun

Aga (plural Agas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• 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.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aga”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.

Anagrams

• GAA

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā, agha) (Turkish ağa), from Proto-Turkic *āka (“elder (brother)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡa]
• Hyphenation: Aga

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

From Balinese ᬳᬕ, from Proto-Austronesian *ága (“early, punctual”). Compare to Tagalog ága (“earliness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡa]
• Hyphenation: Aga

Noun

Aga (first-person possessive Agaku, second-person possessive Agamu, third-person possessive Aganya)

1. natives of the island of Bali.

Further reading

• “Aga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/, [ˈäɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/, [ˈäːɡä]

Proper noun

Aga f sg (genitive Agae); first declension

1. A mountain in Armenia, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aga
Genitive	Agae
Dative	Agae
Accusative	Agam
Ablative	Agā
Vocative	Aga

References

• Aga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: A‧ga
• Homophone: aga

Etymology 1

Clipping of Agata + -a.

Proper noun

Aga f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Agata

Etymology 2

Clipping of Agnieszka + -a.

Proper noun

Aga f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Agnieszka

Declension

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

Further reading

• Aga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From agă.

Proper noun

Aga m (genitive/dative lui Aga)

1. a surname originating as an occupation

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch (Den) Haag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/

Proper noun

Aga

1. The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)

Descendants

• → Dutch: Agga