"آغا" meaning in Persian

See آغا in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ʔɑː.ɣɑː] [Classical-Persian], [ʔɑː.ɣɑː] [Dari, formal], [ʔɑː.ɣɑː] [Dari, formal], [ʔɑː.ɣä] [Kabuli], [ʔɔː.ɣä] (note: Hazaragi), [ʔɒː.ʁɒː] [Iran, formal], [ʔɔ.ʁɔ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: âğâ [romanization], آغای [alternative], آغه [alternative], آغی [alternative], آقا [alternative], آقای [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Azerbaijani ağa. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|trk}} Borrowed from Turkic, {{cog|az|ağa}} Azerbaijani ağa Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=âğâ|tr2=|tr3=}} آغا • (âğâ), {{fa-noun|tr=âğâ}} آغا • (âğâ)
  1. eunuch
    Sense id: en-آغا-fa-noun-02Vewrfa
  2. synonym of آقا (âqâ):
    (Classical Persian, dated) sir, mister, Mr.; nobleman
    Tags: Classical-Persian, dated
    Sense id: en-آغا-fa-noun-UokAtkqX Categories (other): Classical Persian, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 6 3 1 1 1 3 6 5 3 13 2 8 3 12 13 4 9 1 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 6 2 1 1 1 2 6 6 2 13 1 11 2 13 15 2 12 1 1 2 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 4 22 4 15 12 19 23 Disambiguation of Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 26 5 10 19 16 19
  3. synonym of آقا (âqâ):
    (Iran) nonstandard spelling of آقا (âqâ).
    Tags: Iran, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: آقا (extra: âqâ)
    Sense id: en-آغا-fa-noun-tb9kozVj Categories (other): Iranian Persian
  4. synonym of آقا (âqâ):
    agha, aga
    Sense id: en-آغا-fa-noun-ed38VCJF Categories (other): Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 6 2 1 1 1 2 6 6 2 13 1 11 2 13 15 2 12 1 1 2 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 4 22 4 15 12 19 23
  5. (chiefly Dari, Tajik, often endearing) a term for an older male: grandpa, father, brother Tags: Dari, Tajik, endearing, often
    Sense id: en-آغا-fa-noun-YWtJDN~0 Categories (other): Dari, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 4 22 4 15 12 19 23
  6. (usually Iran) lady, madam, Mrs. Tags: Iran, usually
    Sense id: en-آغا-fa-noun-ncecmenn Categories (other): Iranian Persian, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Titles Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 6 3 1 1 1 3 6 5 3 13 2 8 3 12 13 4 9 1 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 6 2 1 1 1 2 6 6 2 13 1 11 2 13 15 2 12 1 1 2 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 4 22 4 15 12 19 23 Disambiguation of Titles: 2 20 2 18 2 33 24
  7. (Hazaragi, endearing) sister Tags: endearing
    Sense id: en-آغا-fa-noun-GYDTkn8H Categories (other): Hazaragi, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 6 3 1 1 1 3 6 5 3 13 2 8 3 12 13 4 9 1 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 6 2 1 1 1 2 6 6 2 13 1 11 2 13 15 2 12 1 1 2 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 4 22 4 15 12 19 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: مادر (mâdar), مامان (mâmân), ننه (nene), مامو (mâmo), مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg), مامانبزرگ (mâmân-bozorg), , ماجون (mâjun), پدر (pedar), بابا (bâbâ), دده (dede), بابو (bâbo), پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg), بابابزرگ (bâbâ-bozorg), خواهر (xâhar), آبجی (âbji), دده (dade), آباجی (âbâji), خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg), باجی (bâji), برادر (barâdar), داداش (dâdâš), کا (kâ), وردار (vardâr), کاکو (kâko), برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg), خاله (xâle), دایی (dâyi), خالو (xâlu), عمه (amme), عمو (amu), When referring to older family members, both بزرگ and کلان are correct (kalân), but the former is more common in Iran, مادر (mādar), ننه (nana), آبه (āba), مادرکلان (mādar-kalān), بیبی (bī-bī), آجه (āja), پدر (padar), بابا (bābā), آته (āta), پدرکلان (padar-kalān), خواهر (xāhar), خوار (xwār, xār), خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān), باجی (bājī), برادر (barādar), بیادر (biyādar), برار (birār), برادرکلان (barādar-kalān), لالا (lālā), خاله (xāla), ماما (māmā), تغایی (tağāyī), عمه (amma), کاکا (kākā), both بزرگ and کلان are correct (kalān), but the latter is more common in Afghanistan, In many dialects, cases of word final ـا may be shortened to ـه (-a), all family names ending in ـه may have an epenthetic ـی added (-y), e.g. عمه -> عمی (ammay) (english: unrelated to ezafe)

Alternative forms

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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "2 6 2 1 1 1 2 6 6 2 13 1 11 2 13 15 2 12 1 1 2",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 22 4 15 12 19 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "sister"
      ],
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        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Hazaragi, endearing) sister"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "endearing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɑː.ɣɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɑː.ɣɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɑː.ɣɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɑː.ɣä]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɔː.ɣä]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɒː.ʁɒː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɔ.ʁɔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn (only in Iran)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:آغا"
  ],
  "word": "آغا"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Turkic languages",
    "Persian terms derived from Turkic languages",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "fa:Titles"
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        "2": "trk"
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "az",
        "2": "ağa"
      },
      "expansion": "Azerbaijani ağa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Azerbaijani ağa.",
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    {
      "form": "âğâ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "آغای",
      "roman": "āğāy",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "آغه",
      "roman": "âğa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "آغی",
      "roman": "âğay",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "آقا",
      "roman": "âqâ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "آقای",
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
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        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "آغا • (âğâ)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "âğâ"
      },
      "expansion": "آغا • (âğâ)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "mâdar",
      "word": "مادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâmân",
      "word": "مامان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nene",
      "word": "ننه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâmo",
      "word": "مامو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâdar-bozorg",
      "word": "مادربزرگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâmân-bozorg",
      "word": "مامانبزرگ"
    },
    {
      "word": "—"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâjun",
      "word": "ماجون"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pedar",
      "word": "پدر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bâbâ",
      "word": "بابا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dede",
      "word": "دده"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bâbo",
      "word": "بابو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pedar-bozorg",
      "word": "پدربزرگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bâbâ-bozorg",
      "word": "بابابزرگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xâhar",
      "word": "خواهر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "âbji",
      "word": "آبجی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dade",
      "word": "دده"
    },
    {
      "roman": "âbâji",
      "word": "آباجی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xâhar-bozorg",
      "word": "خواهربزرگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bâji",
      "word": "باجی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "barâdar",
      "word": "برادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dâdâš",
      "word": "داداش"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kâ",
      "word": "کا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vardâr",
      "word": "وردار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kâko",
      "word": "کاکو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "barâdar-bozorg",
      "word": "برادربزرگ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xâle",
      "word": "خاله"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dâyi",
      "word": "دایی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xâlu",
      "word": "خالو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "amme",
      "word": "عمه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "amu",
      "word": "عمو"
    },
    {
      "word": "When referring to older family members"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kalân",
      "word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
    },
    {
      "word": "but the former is more common in Iran"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mādar",
      "word": "مادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nana",
      "word": "ننه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āba",
      "word": "آبه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mādar-kalān",
      "word": "مادرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bī-bī",
      "word": "بیبی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āja",
      "word": "آجه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "padar",
      "word": "پدر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bābā",
      "word": "بابا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āta",
      "word": "آته"
    },
    {
      "roman": "padar-kalān",
      "word": "پدرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xāhar",
      "word": "خواهر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xwār, xār",
      "word": "خوار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xāhar-kalān",
      "word": "خواهرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bājī",
      "word": "باجی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "barādar",
      "word": "برادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "biyādar",
      "word": "بیادر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "birār",
      "word": "برار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "barādar-kalān",
      "word": "برادرکلان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lālā",
      "word": "لالا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xāla",
      "word": "خاله"
    },
    {
      "roman": "māmā",
      "word": "ماما"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tağāyī",
      "word": "تغایی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "amma",
      "word": "عمه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kākā",
      "word": "کاکا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kalān",
      "word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
    },
    {
      "word": "but the latter is more common in Afghanistan"
    },
    {
      "word": "In many dialects"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-a",
      "word": "cases of word final ـا may be shortened to ـه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-y",
      "word": "all family names ending in ـه may have an epenthetic ـی added"
    },
    {
      "english": "unrelated to ezafe",
      "roman": "ammay",
      "word": "e.g. عمه -> عمی"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eunuch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eunuch",
          "eunuch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Persian",
        "Persian dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of آقا (âqâ):",
        "sir, mister, Mr.; nobleman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "آقا",
          "آقا#Persian"
        ],
        [
          "sir",
          "sir"
        ],
        [
          "mister",
          "mister"
        ],
        [
          "Mr.",
          "Mr."
        ],
        [
          "nobleman",
          "nobleman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "synonym of آقا (âqâ):",
        "(Classical Persian, dated) sir, mister, Mr.; nobleman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "âqâ",
          "word": "آقا"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Iranian Persian",
        "Persian nonstandard forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of آقا (âqâ):",
        "nonstandard spelling of آقا (âqâ)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "آقا",
          "آقا#Persian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "synonym of آقا (âqâ):",
        "(Iran) nonstandard spelling of آقا (âqâ)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "alt-of",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of آقا (âqâ):",
        "agha, aga"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "آقا",
          "آقا#Persian"
        ],
        [
          "agha",
          "agha"
        ],
        [
          "aga",
          "aga"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dari",
        "Persian endearing terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a term for an older male: grandpa, father, brother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "grandpa",
          "grandpa"
        ],
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ],
        [
          "brother",
          "brother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Dari, Tajik, often endearing) a term for an older male: grandpa, father, brother"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "Tajik",
        "endearing",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Iranian Persian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lady, madam, Mrs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lady",
          "lady"
        ],
        [
          "madam",
          "madam"
        ],
        [
          "Mrs.",
          "Mrs."
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually Iran) lady, madam, Mrs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hazaragi",
        "Persian endearing terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sister"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hazaragi, endearing) sister"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "endearing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɑː.ɣɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɑː.ɣɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɑː.ɣɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɑː.ɣä]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɔː.ɣä]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɒː.ʁɒː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔɔ.ʁɔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn (only in Iran)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:آغا"
  ],
  "word": "آغا"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Hazaragi, endearing",
  "path": [
    "آغا"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "آغا",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Hazaragi, endearing",
  "path": [
    "آغا"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "آغا",
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}

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