aqsaqal

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Etymology

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

Noun

aqsaqal (plural aqsaqals)

  1. A village elder in some Central Asian cultures.
    • 1968, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Random House (2011), Cancer Ward, 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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