aqsaqal or aksakal (a village elder in some Central Asian cultures) · an elder, a chief, an old important man
çekim: çoğul аксака́лы · tamlayan аксака́ла
eş: глава рода, старейшина
köken: From Turkic languages, cognates include Tatar аксакал (aqsaqal), Kazakh ақсақал (aqsaqal) or Kyrgyz аксакал (aksakal).
Etimoloji
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اق صقاللو (ak sakallı, “white bearded, an elder of a village”), from Old Anatolian Turkish اق صقاللو (aq saqallu). Compound of ak (“white”) + sakal (“beard”).