# saç
## Albanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ساج (sac, saç, “sheet metal”). Compare Turkish sac (“sheet metal, plate”).

### Noun

saç m (plural saçe, definite saçi, definite plural saçet)
* concave round sheet metal used for cooking
* sheet iron, tin plate

#### Declension
## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɑt͡ʃ], [sɑt͡s]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sač (“hair”). Compare Turkish saç (“hair”).

#### Noun

saç (definite accusative saçı, plural saçlar)
* hair

##### Declension
#### See also

* qıl (“hair on body”)
* tük (“a single hair”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

saç
* second-person singular imperative of saçmaq

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sač (“hair”). Compare Turkish saç (“hair”).

### Noun

saç
* hair, shag (massed hair, pile)

#### Derived terms

* saçlı

### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “saç”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Khalaj

| Perso-Arabic | Perso-Arabic | ساچ |

### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sač (“hair”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sat͡ʃ/
* (woman's hair)
** (Kharrab)IPA: [sa(ː)t͡ʃ]
* (hair)
** (Shaneq)IPA: [sɑːt͡ʃ]
** (Talkh Ab)IPA: [sɒt͡ʃ]
* (headhair)
** (Ahmadabad, Hezarabad, Mansurabad, Mazraeh-ye Now, Mujan, Nowdeh, Qarah Su, Sadabad, Sarahrud, Seft, Yengijeh)IPA: [saːt͡ʃ]
** (Bagh-e Yek, Musaabad, Safarabad, Talkh Ab, Varnavaj)IPA: [sɑˑt͡ʃ]
** (Chahak, Darestan, Dermanak)IPA: [sɒˑt͡ʃ] (inflected form attested only)
** (Daghan, Esfid, Shah Qoli)IPA: [sat͡ʃ]
** (Hasanabad, Sefid Ab)IPA: [sɔ̞ːt͡ʃ]
** (Kacha-ye Chahardeh, Khaltabad, Mohsenabad, Qarah Su, Talkh Ab, Varsan)IPA: [sɑːt͡ʃ]
** (Kardijan, Khvorakabad, Mehrzamin, Mushakiyeh, Qarah Su, Sorkh Deh)IPA: [sa̞ˑt͡ʃ]
** (Naderabad, Safarabad, Salafchegan, Qorqor, Sarband, Zarnusheh)IPA: [sɒːt͡ʃ]
** (Talkh Ab)IPA: [sɒt͡ʃ], [sɑt͡ʃ]
** (Zizgan)IPA: [sæ̞ːt͡ʃ]
* (forelock)
** (Varsan)IPA: [sɑːt͡ʃ]
* (sidelock)
** (Chahak)IPA: [sɒːt͡ʃ]
** (Kharrab, Varnavaj)IPA: [sat͡ʃ]
** (Varsan)IPA: [sɑːt͡ʃ]

### Noun

saç (definite accusative saçı, plural saçlar)
* woman's long hair, plait, curls
    Synonym: kâkul
* hair
    Synonyms: qıl, tü̂k, zulf
* headhair
    Synonyms: çârt, kâkul, qıl, tü̂k, zulf
* forelock
    Synonyms: bürçək, çârt, fokul, kâkul, qıl, tö̂l, zulf
* sidelock
    Synonyms: bürçək, qıl, təygûş, tö̂l, tü̂k, zulf

#### Usage notes

The (related) words for "hair", while seemingly synonymous with each other, actually appear to be so due to their highly variable and confusing distribution among the Khalaj people. However, the precise meanings of these words can be determined.
* tü̂k: "hair", collectively
* qıl: "a single hair", "body hair"
* saç: "long hair" (of women)
* kâkul, bürçək: "forelock"
* fokul: "headscarf"
* çârt: "bangs"
* tö̂l: "lock"
* zulf: "sidelock"
* təygûş: "hair around the ear"

#### Declension
### References

* Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN
* Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
* Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɑt͡ʃ/

### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish صاچ (saç, “hair”), from Proto-Turkic *sač (“hair”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰽𐰲 (sač, “hair”), Karakhanid سَجْ (sač, “hair”).

#### Noun

saç
* hair (growth on the human head)

##### Related terms

* saçlı
* saçsız
* saçlık
* saçlanmak

#### See also

* kıl (“hair on body”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

saç
* second-person singular imperative of saçmak