صقال

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.

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

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

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