aksakal

English

Noun

aksakal (plural aksakals or aksakallar)

1. Alternative form of aqsaqal

Translations

aqsaqal — see aqsaqal

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اق صقاللو (aḳ ṣaḳallu, ṣaḳallı, “white bearded, an elder of a village”), compound of ak (“white”) +‎ sakal (“beard”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aksakal (definite accusative aksakalı, plural aksakallar)

1. (figuratively) An elder in a village or neighborhood.

   Synonym: ihtiyar

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

   Synonym: duayen

3. (figuratively) A Wali.

   Synonyms: evliya, ermiş

Declension

Declension of aksakal

singular plural nominative aksakal aksakallar definite accusative aksakalı aksakalları dative aksakala aksakallara locative aksakalda aksakallarda ablative aksakaldan aksakallardan genitive aksakalın aksakalların Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular aksakalım aksakallarım 2nd singular aksakalsın aksakallarsın 3rd singular aksakal aksakaldır aksakallar aksakallardır 1st plural aksakalız aksakallarız 2nd plural aksakalsınız aksakallarsınız 3rd plural aksakallar aksakallardır

Related terms

• ak saçlı
• kaba sakal

Further reading

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