aga
pronunciation
How to pronounce aga in British English:
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Word Origin
- aga (n.)
- title of rank, especially in Turkey, c. 1600, from Turkish agha "chief, master, lord," related to East Turk. agha "elder brother."
Example
- 1. When we arrived outsidethe serena hotel ( which incidentally is owned by the aga khan ) we were stoppedby the first group of armed guards outside its battlements .
- 2. Our kitchen is much warmer since we had the aga installed because it works all day and night .
- 3. Although diplomatic complications prevented the miniatures from tehran and st petersburg that were shown in switzerland from travelling to america , the met 's version of " wonder of the age " has added works from the aga khan 's collection and the bodleian library in oxford .
- 4. Last year aga medical corporation of minnesota pleaded guilty to bribing doctors to push medical devices , and officials in china 's intellectual property office to push patent approvals .
- 5. Of the nongovernmental organizations working here , the most ubiquitous are the aga khan development network and mr. mortenson 's central asia institute , which completed a school this year for the kyrgyz at bozai gumbaz .