Learn Turkish: Bu cihaz ağa çok hızlı bağlanır. - This device connects to the network very fast.

The dictionary verb is bağlanmak (to connect). The verb stem bağlan has two syllables and ends in a consonant. For multi-syllable consonant stems, the aorist suffix uses four-way vowel harmony (-ır, -ir, -ur, or -ür). Since the last vowel in bağlan is a, we add -ır to get bağlanır (it connects / it usually connects).

I learned that bağlamak means to tie or to connect. Why is there an -n- in bağlanır?

The -n suffix makes the verb reflexive or passive. While bağlamak means to connect something else (like you plugging a cable into a wall), bağlanmak means to connect oneself. Since the device is connecting itself to the network, it uses this -n form.

Why does the word ağ (network) change to ağa?

The verb bağlanmak requires the dative case to show what you are connecting to. You add -a or -e to the destination depending on vowel harmony. Since ağ has a back vowel, we add -a to make ağa (to the network).

How is ağa pronounced?