अक़्ल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَقل ('aql), from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql). First attested as Old Hindi अकलि (akali). Cognate with Bengali আকল (akol), Gujarati અક્કલ (akkal), Marathi अक्कल (akkal), Punjabi ਅਕਲ (akal) / عَقل (ʻaql).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /əql/, [ɐql], /əkl/, [ɐkl], /ə.qəl/, [ɐ.qɐl], /ə.kəl/, [ɐ.kɐl]
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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
  • The template Template:R:Fallon does not use the parameter(s): 
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  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अक़्ल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 11
  • Platts, John T. (1884) chapter 280, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “अक़्ल”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • 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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