aqsaqal

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Etymology

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

Noun

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aqsaqal (plural aqsaqal or aqsaqallar)

  1. 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.

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