Meanings
agha1
nounagha (plural aghas)
plural aghas · alternative aga · alternative äga
- An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.
Agha2
Synonyms & antonyms
nountitle for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
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Origin
agha · noun
- Ottoman Turkishآغا
- Englishagha
From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā, agha) (Turkish ağa ).
More words from Ottoman Turkish
Full word history & related roots →Agha · proper noun
- Turkishağa“ruler, leader”
- EnglishAgha
Islamic surname, from Turkish ağa (“ruler, leader”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic آغَا
- آغَا (ʔāḡā)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Bulgarian ага́
- ага́ (agá)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Catalan agà
- agàan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Chinese Mandarin 阿迦
- 阿迦 (ājiā)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Czech aga
- agaan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Finnish agha
- aghaan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
French agha, aga
- aghaan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
- agaan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
German Agha
- Aghaan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Greek αγάς
- αγάς (agás)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Hebrew אע׳א, אגא
- אע׳אan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
- אגאan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Hindi आक़ा, आग़ा
- आक़ा (āqā)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
- आग़ा (āġā)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Hungarian aga
- agaan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Indonesian aga
- agaan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Italian aghà
- aghàan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Japanese アーガー
- アーガー (āgā)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Korean 아가
- 아가 (aga)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Malay aga
- agaan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Persian آقا, آغا
- آقا (âqâ)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
- آغا (âġâ)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Polish aga
- agaan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Portuguese agá
- agáan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Russian ага́
- ага́ (agá)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Turkish ağa
- ağaan honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Ukrainian ага́
- ага́ (ahá)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
Urdu آقا, آغا
- آقا (āqā)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
- آغا (āġā)an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries
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Cite this entry
APA
agha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agha
MLA
“agha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agha. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agha.
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