ihtiyar

Crimean Tatar

Adjective

ihtiyar

1. old

Synonyms

• qart

Turkish

Etymology 1

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.

Adjective

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

Declension

Synonyms

• yaşlı (more common)

Antonyms

• genç

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ihtiyar (definite accusative ihtiyarı, plural ihtiyarlar)

1. (obsolete) free will, decide

Declension

Further reading

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

References

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