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aga.

corporal punishment (especially of children), beating

3 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. corporal punishment (especially of children), beating

    common-gender · uncountable
  2. reverent obedience through deterring terror

    common-gender · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Originally oblique case of age, from Old Swedish aghi, from Old Norse agi.

noun
  1. an agha (Turkish title)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).

verb
  1. to beat, to punish corporally, to discipline

Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish agha.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.