aksakal
/ˌaksəˈkal/(also acsacal, aqsaqal, axakal)
noun
In some Central Asian societies (as among the Uzbeks, Kazakhs,Tajiks, etc.): a village elder, a headman.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Pinkerton (1758–1826), historian and poet. From a word in a Turkic language of Central Asia (e.g. Uzbek aksakal (formerly in Arabic script as aqsaqal)), cognate with Turkish aksakal, lit. ‘white beard’ (from ak- white + sakal beard).
- not that
- not the full quid
- not the full shilling
- not the only pebble on the beach
- not-thereness
- not the sharpest knife in the drawer
- not the sharpest tool in the shed
- Nottingham
- Nottingham catchfly
- Nottingham lace
- Nottinghamshire
- Notting Hill
- not to be
- not to be sneezed at
- not to be sniffed at
- not to mention
- not to put too fine a point on it
- not to say
- unpracticeable
- unpracticed
- unpractise
- unpractised
- unpragmatic
- unpragmatical
- unpraisable