ਅਕਲਿ
Old Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian عَقل ('aql), from Arabic عَقْل (ʿaql). Compare Old Hindi अकलि (akali).
Noun
ਅਕਲਿ (akali) f
- reason, sense, understanding
- 1604, Bhagat Kabir, Ādi Granth ang 333:
- ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਅਕਲਿ ਭਈ ਅਵਰੈ ਨਾਤਰੁ ਥਾ ਬੇਗਾਨਾ॥
- gur parsādi akali bhaī avarai nātru thā begānā॥
- 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
- By Guru's Grace, my understanding has been changed; otherwise, I was totally ignorant.
- ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਅਕਲਿ ਭਈ ਅਵਰੈ ਨਾਤਰੁ ਥਾ ਬੇਗਾਨਾ॥
Descendants
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਅਕ਼ਲ (aqal)
- Shahmukhi: عَقل (ʻaql)
Further reading
- Christopher Shackle (2011) A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 10.
- “ਅਕਲਿ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2022