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Pronunciation / Transliteration: aga
"アガのオーブンは常に温かい状態を保ちます。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A title of respect formerly used in the Ottoman Empire for a civil or military officer, landowner, or commander.
"The local aga oversaw the administration of the rural district during the late Ottoman period." - 2
A large, heavy, continuous-burning cast-iron heat-storage cooker used for baking, roasting, and warming.
"She baked traditional sourdough bread in the warmth of the farmhouse Aga."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Turkish title 'ağa', meaning a commander, lord, or high-ranking civil or military officer, coming from the Old Turkic root 'aqa' meaning elder brother. It entered the English lexicon in the 16th century through historical accounts of the Ottoman Empire, and later became famously associated with the heavy, cast-iron heat-storage cooker invented in Sweden in the 1920s.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Aga" is said worldwide
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Aga
Transliteration: aga
"Il cuisine tous les jours sur son poêle Aga."
Aga
Transliteration: aga
"Der Aga-Herd heizt die ganze Küche auf."
Aga
Transliteration: aga
"Cucinare con una stufa Aga è un'esperienza unica."
Aga
Transliteration: aga
"La cocina de hierro fundido Aga es famosa por su durabilidad."
Aga
Transliteration: aga
"O fogão Aga mantém a cozinha sempre aquecida."
आगा
Transliteration: aga
"ओटोमन काल में 'आगा' एक सम्मानित सैन्य पद होता था।"
阿加
Transliteration: ā jiā
"这台阿加铸铁炉已经使用了几十年。"
아가
Transliteration: aga
"그들은 아가 오븐에서 전통 빵을 구웠습니다."
アガ
Transliteration: aga
"アガのオーブンは常に温かい状態を保ちます。"
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