different between honorific vs agha

English

Alternative forms

• honorifick (obsolete, rare)
• honourific (non?standard)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n????f?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???n????f?k/
• Hyphenation: hon?or?if?ic
• Rhymes: -?f?k

Noun

honorific (plural honorifics)

1. A title. (e.g., Mister, Misses, Doctor, Professor)
2. A term of respect; respectful language.
4. (linguistics) A word or word form expressing the speaker's respect for the hearer or the referent.

Translations

Adjective

honorific (comparative more honorific, superlative most honorific)

1. Showing or conferring honour and respect.
   • 1996, T. P. Wiseman, “The Minucii and Their Monument”, in Jerzy Linderski (editor), Imperium Sine Fine: T. Robert S. Broughton and the Roman Republic, Franz Steiner Verlag, ?ISBN, page 59:

     According to Pliny, the custom of setting up honorific statues on columns was a comparably ancient one.

2. Based on or valuing honor
   • 2010, Orlando Patterson, “The mechanisms of cultural reproduction: explaining the puzzle of persistence”, in John R. Hall et al. (editors), Handbook of Cultural Sociology, Taylor & Francis, ?ISBN, page 143:

     In the honorific cultural process, individuals (especially men) are extremely sensitive to real or perceived insults, and […]

Antonyms

• derogatory

Derived terms

• honorifically

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• aga, äga

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (agh?, agha) (Turkish a?a )

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????/, /??????/

Noun

agha (plural aghas)

1. An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.

Translations

References

Further reading

• Agha (Ottoman Empire) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• aagh

Esperanto

Adjective

agha (accusative singular aghan, plural aghaj, accusative plural aghajn)

1. H-system spelling of a?a

French

Alternative forms

• aga

Noun

agha m (plural aghas)

1. agha