аксагал

Southern Altai

Etymology

Apparently, a Central Asian innovation.

Cognate with Kazakh ақсақал (aqsaqal), Tatar аксакал (aqsaqal), Kyrgyz аксакал (aksakal), Kumyk акъсакъал (aqsaqal), Uzbek oqsoqol, Uyghur ئاقساقال (aqsaqal), Turkmen aksakgal, Turkish aksakallı (“village elder; elderly respected man”).

Noun

аксагал • (aksagal)

1. old man

References

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “аксагал”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN