अक़्ल

अक़्ल

See also: अकल, अकलि, अकाल, अकेला, अकेली, अकेले, अकेलो, अंकल, and अकाले

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَقل‎ ('aql), from Arabic عَقْل‎ (ʿaql). First attested as Old Hindi अकलि (akali).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əq.lᵊ/, [əq.l̪ᵊ], /ək.lᵊ/, [ək.l̪ᵊ], /ə.qəl/, [ə.qəl̪], /ə.kəl/, [ə.kəl̪]

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Noun

अक़्ल • (aqla) f (Urdu spelling عَقْل‎)

1. understanding, wisdom
2. mind

Declension

Declension of अक़्ल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अक़्ल aqla	अक़्लें, उक़ूल aqlẽ, uqūl
oblique	अक़्ल aqla	अक़्लों, उक़ूलों aqlõ, uqūlõ
vocative	अक़्ल aqla	अक़्लो, उक़ूलो aqlo, uqūlo

Synonyms

• (understanding): समझ (samajh)
• (mind, wisdom): बुद्धि (buddhi)

Derived terms

• अक़्ल का दुश्मन (aqla kā duśman)

Related terms

• अक़्ली (aqlī)
• अक़्लमंद (aqlamand)
• अक़्लमंदी (aqlamandī)
• बेअक़्ल (beaqla)
• बेअक़्ली (beaqlī)

Further reading

• S. W. Fallon (1879), “अक़्ल”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अक़्ल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 11
• Platts, John T. (1884), “280”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “अक़्ल”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• John Shakespear (1834), “अक़्ल”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, OCLC 875051092, page 1224