aksakal

aksakal (plural aksakals or aksakallar)

1. Alternative form of aqsaqal.

Compound of ak (“white”) +‎ sakal (“beard”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑksɑˌkɑl/
• Hyphenation: ak‧sa‧kal

aksakal (definite accusative aksakalı, plural aksakallar)

1. a village elder, an aqsaqal

• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اق صقاللو (ak sakallı, “white bearded, an elder of a village”), from Old Anatolian Turkish اق صقاللو (aq saqallu). Compound of ak (“white”) +‎ sakal (“beard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈak.sa.kaɫ/
• Hyphenation: ak‧sa‧kal

aksakal (definite accusative aksakalı, plural aksakallar)

1. An elder in a village or neighborhood.

   Synonym: ihtiyar

2. Someone who is a senior by age or experience at a certain job or art.

   Synonym: duayen

3. A Wali.

   Synonyms: evliya, ermiş

• “aksakal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aksakal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 178