अक़्ल

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

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अक़ल (aqal), अकल (akal), अक्ल (akl)

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 ਅਕ਼ਲ (aqal) / عَقل (ʻaql).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• अक़्ल का दुश्मन (aqla kā duśman)
• अक़्ल-दाढ़ (aqla-dāṛh, “wisdom tooth”)

Related terms

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

Further reading

2=851 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Fallon, S. W. (1879), “अक़्ल”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “aqla”, 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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• 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, page 1224