پاگل

See also: تآكل and تأكل

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀮 (*paggala​).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɑː.ɡəl/
• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: پا‧گَل

Adjective

پاگَل • (pāgal) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पागल)

1. crazy, mad, insane (ie. someone who has lost their mind)

   Synonyms: باؤلا (bāolā), دِیوانَہ (dīvāna)

   پاگَل ہو گَئے ہو کیا؟

   pāgal ho gae ho kyā?

   Have you gone crazy?

   اُن سے دُور رَہو، وہ لوگ پاگَل ہَیں

   un se dūr raho, vo log pāgal ha͠i

   Stay away from them, they're insane

   اِتْنی گَرمی میں ہَم سَب پاگَل ہو جائیں گے

   itnī garmī mẽ ham sab pāgal ho jāẽ ge

   In such heat, we'll all go crazy

2. stupid, nuts, daft
3. crazy excited (or enthusiastic, passionate.)

   وہ کِتابوں کے بارے میں بَڑا پاگَل ہَے

   vo kitābõ ke bāre mẽ baṛā pāgal hai

   They're crazy about books

4. In love; experiencing romantic feelings

   Synonyms: دِیوَانَہ (dīvāna), فِدا (fidā)

   وہ اُس لَڑکی کے بارے میں پاگَل ہَے

   vo us laṛkī ke bāre mẽ pāgal hai

   She's crazy about that girl

   وہ دونوں ایک دُوسرے کے لِیے پاگَل ہَیں

   vo donõ ek dūsre ke liye pāgal ha͠i

   They're crazy for each other

5. (playful) silly, dummy

   Synonym: بَوڑَم (bauṛam)

   میرا بیٹا پاگَل ہَے

   merā beṭā pāgal hai

   My son is crazy

   تُم بَڑے پاگَل ہو

   tum baṛe pāgal ho

   You're so crazy

6. frantic, possessed, demonic

   اُس گھر میں ایک پاگَل لَڑکی رَہتی ہَے

   A possessed girl lives in that house

Noun

پاگَل • (pāgal) m (Hindi spelling पागल)

1. same as adjectives above:
2. madman, lunatic; crazy person
3. lover

   Synonyms: عاشِق ('āśiq), حَبِیب (habīb)

4. witch, devil

   Synonyms: چُڑَیل (cuṛail), ڈائِن (ḍāin)

Declension

Declension of پاگل

	singular	plural
direct	پاگَل (pāgal)	پاگَل (pāgal)
oblique	پاگَل (pāgal)	پاگَلوں (pāgalõ)
vocative	پاگَل (pāgal)	پاگَلو (pāgalo)

Further reading

More information

• “پاگل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پاگل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “پاگل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “پاگل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “پاگل”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834), “پاگل”, 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