# ага
## Abkhaz
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aɡa]

### Noun

а-га • (a-ga) (pl)
* coast

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈɡa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ага́ • (agá) m (relational adjective а́гов or а́говски)
* (historical) agha, master, patron

#### Derived terms

* а́говица (ágovica)
* агу́вам (agúvam)
* аге́тко (agétko)
* аги́на (agína), аги́ня (agínja)
** аги́нка (agínka)
* аги́ница (agínica)
* аги́ца (agíca)

#### Related terms

* агала́р (agalár), агала́рин (agalárin)
* агалъ́к (agalǎ́k)

### References

* “ага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “ага”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ага̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 3
* “ага”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 18

## Chechen
### Noun

ага • (aga) class d
* crib

### Verb

ага • (aga)
* to chisel
    Цо тархах шена садаӏаран цӏа аьгнаCo tarxax šena sadaˀaran cʼa ägnaHe chiseled himself a resting place from rock

## Dolgan
### Noun

ага • (aga)
* father

## Kyrgyz
### Etymology

Compare to Southern Altai ака (aka), ага (aga), etc.

### Noun

ага • (aga)
* (elder) brother
* uncle
* senior

#### Declension
## Macedonian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaɡa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ага • (aga) m
* agha
* (archaic) master, patron

#### Declension
## Nanai
### Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *akin, compare Evenki акин (akin), Even акан (akan), Manchu ᠠᡥᡡᠨ (ahūn).

### Noun

ага (aga)
* elder brother

## Russian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaɡə]

#### Noun

а́га • (ága) f anim (genitive а́ги, nominative plural а́ги, genitive plural аг)
* cane toad (Bufo marinus, now Rhinella marina)
    Synonym: жа́ба-а́га (žába-ága)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Compare Turkish ağa, Kazakh аға (ağa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈɡa]

#### Noun

ага́ • (agá) f anim (genitive аги́, nominative plural аги́, genitive plural аг)
* (historical, Turkey, Central Asia) agha, master, patron

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈɦa]
* IPA: [ɐˈɣa]
* Audio:(file)

#### Interjection

ага́ • (ahá or agá)
* (colloquial) uh-huh (yes)
    Synonyms: да (da), так (tak), угу́ (uhú, ugú)
* (colloquial) aha! (upon figuring something out)
* (colloquial) ahah (laughter)
    Synonym: ахах (axax)

##### Alternative forms

* ага́сь (agásʹ, ahásʹ)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎɡa/
* Hyphenation: а‧га

### Noun

а̀га m (Latin spelling àga)
* agha
* (dated) master
* (dated) patron

#### Declension
## Southern Altai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)āka (“elder brother; uncle”). Cognate to Kyrgyz ага (aga), etc.

### Noun

ага • (aga)
* elder brother

### See also

* ака (aka)

### References

* Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “ага”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN, page 21