აღა

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).

Noun

აღა • (ağa) (Latin spelling ağa)

1. lord, master, agha

   არქაბი წოხლე სუმოთხო აღაზ დოლოქაჩუტუდორენ

   arkabi ǯoxle sumotxo ağaz dolokaçuťudoren

   In the past, Arkabi was owned by three or four aghas

Declension

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Declension of აღა (ağa) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	აღა (ağa)	აღაფე (ağape)
ergative	აღაქ (ağak)	აღაფექ (ağapek)
dative	აღას (ağas)	აღაფეს (ağapes)
genitive	აღაშ(ი) (ağaş(i))	აღაფეშ(ი) (ağapeş(i))
directive	აღაშე (ağaşe)	აღაფეშე (ağapeşe)
ablative	აღაშენ (ağaşen)	აღაფეშენ (ağapeşen)
locative	აღას (ağas)	აღაფეს (ağapes)
instrumental	აღათენ (ağaten)	აღაფეთენ (ağapeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ağa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “აღა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi