aksakal
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
aksakal (plural aksakals)
- Alternative form of aqsaqal
Translations[edit]
aqsaqal — see aqsaqal
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish اق صقاللو (aḳ ṣaḳallu, ṣaḳallı, “white bearded, an elder of a village”),[1] compound of ak (“white”) + sakal (“beard”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aksakal (definite accusative aksakalı, plural aksakallar)
- (figuratively) An elder in a village or neighborhood.
- Synonym: ihtiyar
- (figuratively) Someone who is a senior by age or experience at a certain job or art.
- Synonym: duayen
- (figuratively) A Wali.
Declension[edit]
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | aksakal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | aksakalı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | aksakal | aksakallar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | aksakalı | aksakalları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | aksakala | aksakallara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | aksakalda | aksakallarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | aksakaldan | aksakallardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | aksakalın | aksakalların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اق صقاللو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 161
Further reading[edit]
- “aksakal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aksakal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 178