अक़्ल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَقل‎ ('aql), from Arabic عَقْل‎ (ʕaql). 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

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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] (in 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, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1224
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