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Agha (Turkish: ağa;[1] Ottoman Turkish: آغا; Persian: آقا, romanized: āghā[2]), or Al-Agha in Arabic, is a name meaning master or chief. The word agha entered English from Turkish,[2] and the Turkish word comes from the Old Turkic aqa, meaning "elder brother".[3] Notable people with the name include:
Given name
[edit]- Agha (actor) (1914–1992), Indian actor
- Agha Siraj Durrani (1953–2025), Pakistani politician
Surname
[edit]- Abdul Fattah Al Agha (born 1984), Syrian professional footballer
- Aref Al Agha (born 1976), Syrian professional footballer
- Haifa al-Agha, Palestinian politician and minister
- Hanan Al-Agha (1948–2008), Palestinian plastic artist and writer
- Hashem Al-e-Agha (1945–1984), Iranian fighter pilot
- Ibrahim Agha, commander-in-chief of the Algerian forces during the Invasion of Algiers
- Jafar Agha (died 1905), Iranian Kurdish chieftan
- Jalal Agha (1945–1995), Indian actor and film director
- Mariam Agha, Pakistani cricketer
- Mustafa Agha (born 1963), British-Syrian sports journalist
- Riyad Naasan Agha (1947–2025), Syrian politician and diplomat
- Sarah Agha, British actress, presenter, and writer
- Zakaria al-Agha (1942–2025), Palestinian politician
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "ağa". Türk Dil Kurumu Sözlükleri. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- 1 2 "Online Etymology Dictionary". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ↑ Turkish. "Aga | Define Aga at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
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