Meaning of "Hajj Agha"?

[goodpoints]

As a non-Farsi speaker I'm curious if there's a relevant meaning of Lajevardi demanding to be addressed as "Hajj Agha". Perhaps this could be added to his bio in the "stories" section.

[El Desdichado]

It's not really farsi, i think, but belong to arabic and turkish la,guages when there was in the history a big ottoman Empire. Haji refers to a muslim who go to Mecca and Holly Places in Arabia. For example, when i traveled a lot in middle east and mainly in Syria, you can see many signs in front of his/her house to celebrate the haji coming back home. Agha is a turkish military term to say commander, officer. But in the same time, the word aga was used by a ismailist branch of the shiism (the Nizari) , born in Persia, from the name of Ismâ`il ben Ja`far, the son of the 6th ♥♥♥♥♥♥ imam

[goodpoints]

Originally posted by El Desdichado:

It's not really farsi, i think, but belong to arabic and turkish la,guages when there was in the history a big ottoman Empire. Haji refers to a muslim who go to Mecca and Holly Places in Arabia. For example, when i traveled a lot in middle east and mainly in Syria, you can see many signs in front of his/her house to celebrate the haji coming back home. Agha is a turkish military term to say commander, officer. But in the same time, the word aga was used by a ismailist branch of the shiism (the Nizari) , born in Persia, from the name of Ismâ`il ben Ja`far, the son of the 6th ♥♥♥♥♥♥ imam

Yeah I wasn't sure about that, tried plugging a translit. into google and didn't get anything. Figured that's what hajj meant but thanks for the info on "Agha". Which is how the game spells it, I also found "Aqa" online. Do you think it's meant to have the double meaning?

[iNK Stories]

"Agha" means sir or mister in Farsi––it's usually used to be polite, like Mr. So and So in English, but in certain contexts it can imply a position of authority. In Iran or to Farsi-speakers there's no particular Islamist affiliation to the term "agha."

[goodpoints]

Originally posted by 1979thegame:

"Agha" means sir or mister in Farsi––it's usually used to be polite, like Mr. So and So in English, but in certain contexts it can imply a position of authority. In Iran or to Farsi-speakers there's no particular Islamist affiliation to the term "agha."

Thank you, I started picking up hints that it might be an honorific of sorts as I recall a few other characters using it to address others. It would probably be helpful to include in the notes, which generally did a great job of explaining cultural concepts like taarof. Also, was there anything included about Babak's status within the household? I took it he was some kind of servant, but I would have liked to have more detail on his social position.