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Etymologies
- From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā, agha) (Turkish ağa ) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Called "agha mama," or "father uncle," by his guards, Karzai now lives in a relatively modest house with a marble facade on a barricaded street manned by police in downtown Kandahar City.”
The Washington Post: Ahmed Wali Karzai, an ally and obstacle to the U.S. military in Afghanistan
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“The Janissaries, who held effective power in Algiers from the late 16th century, revolted against the Ottoman governor in 1659 and appointed their agha, or commanding officer, as the governing authority.”
“The aghas ruled with the aid of the Janissary council (divan) until 1671, when the corsair captains replaced the rule of the agha with that of a dey elected by them, and from 1689, by the Janissaries.”
“The young man answers in monosyllables and with his large eyes downcast, and the agha significantly observes, "You will excuse him if he does not answer: he is not used to talk before his father.”
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873
“After a ride made enervating by the simoom, we descend at the arcaded and galleried Moorish house where Ben-Ali-Cherif was born, and are visited by the sheikh of the college which the agha maintains.”
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873
“A luncheon, has, however, been prepared by the thoughtfulness of the agha.”
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873
“The patrician bird, taken by the agha from the shoulder of his hawk-bearer, is about as large as a pigeon, the head small, beak short and strong, the claws yellow and armed with sharp talons.”
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873
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Take Me To Your Whosit
About leaders, particularly the authority-figure at the top of the tree.
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The Kite Runner
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