Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa, lord, master).

Noun edit

աղա (aġa)

  1. (historical) landowner
  2. person belonging to a family of noblemen
  3. person keeping hired workers; rich man
  4. (archaic) an honorific title of address, agha
  5. (archaic, figuratively) a well-to-do person
  6. (archaic, figuratively) a magnanimous person
  7. (derogatory) exploiter, oppressor
  8. (derogatory) someone avoiding work
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Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

աղա (aġa)

  1. second-person singular imperative of աղալ (aġal)