aqsaqal

English

Alternative forms

aksakal

Etymology

From various Turkic languages, including Bashkir аҡһаҡал (aqhaqal), Kazakh ақсақал (aqsaqal) and Kyrgyz аксакал (aksakal).

Noun

aqsaqal (plural aqsaqals)

A village elder in some Central Asian cultures.
- 1968, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Cancer Ward, Random House, published 2011, page 28:
  'Hey you! Aksakal!' Rusanov wagged his finger at him. 'Stop it. You're disturbing me.' The aksakal fell silent.

Translations

a village elder in some Central Asian cultures

Azerbaijani: ağsaqqallı
Bashkir: аҡһаҡал (aqhaqal)
Kazakh: ақсақал (aqsaqal)
Kyrgyz: аксакал (ky) (aksakal)
Russian: аксака́л (ru) m (aksakál)
Tatar: аксакал (tt) (aqsaqal)
Turkish: aksakallı
Ukrainian: аксакáл m (aksakál)
Uyghur: ئاقساقال (aqsaqal)
Uzbek: oqsoqol (uz)

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