ihtiyar

ihtiyar

1. old

• qart

From Arabic اِخْتِيار (iḵtiyār, “choice, selection”). The word has the sense “old man, shaykh” in Levantine Arabic, but it could be reborrowed from Turkish. The sense is possibly derived from the original meaning based on the idea that the elders (of a village, etc.) are select. Replaced the native aksakal.

ihtiyar

1. old (person)
   • 1934 August 2, “Hindenburg ölüyor mu?”, in İzmir Postası:

     İhtiyar Mareşalın Sıhhî Ahvali Birdenbire Endişe Verecek Bir Mahiyet Aldı

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (slang, derogatory) geezer

   Synonym: moruk

• yaşlı (more common)

• genç

From Arabic اِخْتِيار (iḵtiyār, “choice, selection”).

ihtiyar (definite accusative ihtiyarı, plural ihtiyarlar)

1. (obsolete) free will, decide

• “ihtiyar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ihtiyar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük