Social Rituals
آقا
/ âghâ /
noun · sir, mr
Meaning
معنی۱
The word entered Persian from Turkic-Mongol ruling layers (compare Ottoman ağa) and stuck as a civilian honorific. In a Tehran bazaar you'll hear آقا shouted dozens of times an hour: vendors hailing browsers, customers calling for a price. It carries warmth, not cold formality. Calling out بفرمایید آقا ("please come, sir") is how shopkeepers pull you in.
In a sentence
مثالآقای رضایی
âghâ-ye Rezâyi
Mr. Rezayi
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
آقاâghâ
keeps company with ۶ words
