صقال

Ottoman Turkish

صقال

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sakal (“beard”); cognate with Azerbaijani saqqal, Bashkir һаҡал (haqal), Chuvash сухал (suh̬al), Kazakh сақал (saqal), Kyrgyz сакал (sakal), Turkmen sakgal, Uyghur ساقال (saqal) and Uzbek soqol.

Noun

صقال • (sakal)

  1. beard, facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck
    Synonym: ریش (riş)
  2. whisker, that part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face
  3. (nautical) dolphin striker under the end of a ship's bowsprit

Derived terms

  • آق صقال (ak sakal, “grey beard”)
  • تكه صقالی (teke sakalı, “goat's-beard”)
  • صقال براقمق (sakal bırakmak, “to let the beard grow”)
  • صقاللو (sakallı, “bearded”)
  • طوپ صقال (top sakal, “short and thick beard”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sakal
  • → Armenian: սախալ (saxal)

Further reading

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