# Aga
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

Aga (plural Agas)
* 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
* A river in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.

##### Related terms

* Aginskoye

##### Translations
### 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)
* A surname.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Aga is the 39004th 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: [ˈaɡa]
* Hyphenation: Aga

#### Noun

Aga (uncountable)
* 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: [ˈaɡa]
* Hyphenation: Aga

#### Noun

Aga (uncountable)
* 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: /ˈa.ɡa/, [ˈäɡä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.ɡa/, [ˈäːɡä]

### Proper noun

Aga f sg (genitive Agae); first declension
* A mountain in Armenia, mentioned by Pliny

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

### References

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

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Syllabification: A‧ga
* Homophone: aga

### Etymology 1

Clipping of Agata + -a.

#### Proper noun

Aga f
* a diminutive of the female given name Agata

##### Alternative forms

* Jaga (Przemyśl)

### Etymology 2

Clipping of Agnieszka + -a.

#### Proper noun

Aga f
* a diminutive of the female given name Agnieszka

##### Declension
### Further reading

* Aga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

From agă.

### Proper noun

Aga m (genitive/dative lui Aga)
* a surname originating as an occupation

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch (Den) Haag.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɡa/, [ˈa̠ɡa̠], [ˈɑ̟ɡɑ̟]

### Proper noun

Aga
* The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: Agga