عقل

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Arabic

Root
ع ق ل (ʕ q l)
11 terms

Etymology 1.1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʕaql/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    عَقْل (ʕaqlm (plural عُقُول (ʕuqūl))

    1. verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, to be reasonable) (form I)
    2. understanding, reason, wisdom, sound judgment, sense
      حَدِّثِ الْعَاقِلَ بِمَا لَا يَلِيقُ، فَإِنْ صَدَّقَ فَلَا عَقْلَ لَهُ.
      ḥaddiṯi l-ʕāqila bimā lā yalīqu, faʔin ṣaddaqa falā ʕaqla lahu.
      Tell the intelligent man what does not befit him and if he deems it credible he has no sense.
    3. mind, intellect
    4. (Christianity) Holy Ghost
    Declension
    Descendants

    Etymology 1.2

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      عَقَلَ (ʕaqala) I (non-past يَعْقِلُ (yaʕqilu), verbal noun عَقْل (ʕaql))

      1. to be reasonable, to make sense
      Conjugation

      Etymology 1.3

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      عَقَّلَ (ʕaqqala) II (non-past يُعَقِّلُ (yuʕaqqilu), verbal noun تَعْقِيل (taʕqīl))

      1. to make reasonable
      Conjugation

      Etymology 2.1

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      عَقْل (ʕaqlm (plural عُقُول (ʕuqūl))

      1. asylum
      2. fortress
      Declension

      Etymology 2.2

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      عَقَلَ (ʕaqala) I (non-past يَعْقِلُ (yaʕqilu), verbal noun عَقَل (ʕaqal) or عُقُول (ʕuqūl))

      1. to make oneself inaccessible in a high mountain, to betake oneself for refuge
      Conjugation

      Etymology 2.3

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      عَقَل (ʕaqalm

      1. verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, to find refuge in a high mountain) (form I)
      Declension

      Etymology 3.1

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      عَقْل (ʕaqlm (plural عُقُول (ʕuqūl))

      1. verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, to renounce revenge for wergild) (form I)
      2. bloodwite, wergild, blood money
      Declension

      Etymology 3.2

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      عَقَلَ (ʕaqala) I (non-past يَعْقِلُ (yaʕqilu), verbal noun عَقْل (ʕaql))

      1. to renounce revenge for wergild, to relinquish retaliation of blood
      Conjugation

      Etymology 4.1

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      عَقَلَ (ʕaqala) I (non-past يَعْقِلُ (yaʕqilu), verbal noun عَقْل (ʕaql))

      1. to hobble, to tie with the rope عِقَال (ʕiqāl)
      Conjugation

      Etymology 4.2

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      عَقْل (ʕaqlm (plural عُقُول (ʕuqūl))

      1. verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, to hobble) (form I)

      Etymology 4.3

      Verb

      عَقِلَ (ʕaqila) I (non-past يَعْقَلُ (yaʕqalu), verbal noun عَقَل (ʕaqal))

      1. to have a twisting in the hind leg
      Conjugation

      Etymology 4.4

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      عَقَل (ʕaqalm

      1. verbal noun of عَقِلَ (ʕaqila, to have a twisting in the hind leg) (form I)
      Declension

      Etymology 5.1

      Verb

      عَقَلَ (ʕaqala) I (non-past يَعْقِلُ (yaʕqilu), verbal noun عَقْل (ʕaql))

      1. to pasture upon camelthorn (عَاقُول (ʕāqūl))
      Conjugation

      Etymology 5.2

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      عَقْل (ʕaqlm (plural عُقُول (ʕuqūl))

      1. verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, to pasture upon camelthorn) (form I)

      Gojri

      Etymology

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

      Noun

      عَقَل ('aqalf

      1. intelligence, wisdom, sense

      Further reading

      • Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 310.
      • Javaid Rahi (2015) “عَقلْ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 663, column 2.

      Gulf Arabic

      Root
      ع ق ل
      1 term

      Etymology 1

      Inherited from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql)

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      عَقِل (ʕagiḷm (before il- عَقْل (ʕagḷ), plural عقول (ʕgūḷ))

      1. mind, brain
      2. (figuratively) logic, reason
        الله بالعقل عرفناه
        We know God (exists) by logic and reason ((used to state that something is obvious)
        (literally, “God with the mind we knew him”)

      Etymology 2

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      عِقَل (ʕigaḷ) (non-past يعقل (yaʕgiḷ, yʕagiḷ))

      1. to become reasonable, to mature mentally
        يكبر ويعقلyikbar u-yaʕgiḷHe'll become wise as/when he grows up (common saying)

      Hijazi Arabic

      Root
      ع ق ل
      3 terms

      Etymology 1

      From Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      عقل (ʕagilm (construct state عَقْل (ʕagl), plural عُقُول (ʕugūl))

      1. understanding, reason, wisdom, sound judgment
      2. mind
        Synonym: مُخّ (muḵḵ)

      Etymology 2

      From Arabic عَقَلَ (ʕaqala).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      عِقِل (ʕigil) I (non-past يِعْقَل (yiʕgal))

      1. to mature
      2. to be reasonable
      Conjugation
          Conjugation of عقل (ʕigil)
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      past m عقلت (ʕigilt) عقلت (ʕigilt) عقل (ʕigil) عقلنا (ʕigilna) عقلتوا (ʕigiltu) عقلوا (ʕiglu)
      f عقلتي (ʕigilti) عقلت (ʕiglat)
      non-past m أعقل (ʔaʕgal) تعقل (tiʕgal) يعقل (yiʕgal) نعقل (niʕgal) تعقلوا (tiʕgalu) يعقلوا (yiʕgalu)
      f تعقلي (tiʕgali) تعقل (tiʕgal)
      imperative m اعقل (aʕgal) اعقلوا (aʕgalu)
      f اعقلي (aʕgali)

      Etymology 3

      From Arabic عَقَّلَ (ʕaqqala).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      عَقَّل (ʕaggal) II (non-past يِعَقِّل (yiʕaggil))

      1. to make reasonable
      Conjugation
          Conjugation of عقل (ʕaggal)
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      past m عقلت (ʕaggalt) عقلت (ʕaggalt) عقل (ʕaggal) عقلنا (ʕaggalna) عقلتوا (ʕaggaltu) عقلوا (ʕaggalu)
      f عقلتي (ʕaggalti) عقلت (ʕaggalat)
      non-past m أعقل (ʔaʕaggil) تعقل (tiʕaggil) يعقل (yiʕaggil) نعقل (niʕaggil) تعقلوا (tiʕaggilu) يعقلوا (yiʕaggilu)
      f تعقلي (tiʕaggili) تعقل (tiʕaggil)
      imperative m عقل (ʕaggil) عقلوا (ʕaggilu)
      f عقلي (ʕaggili)

      Khalaj

      Noun

      عَقِل (aqıl) (definite accusative عَقلؽ, plural عَقِللار)

      1. Arabic spelling of aqıl (intellect)

      Declension

      Moroccan Arabic

      Etymology

      Root
      ع ق ل
      1 term

      From Arabic عَقَلَ (ʕaqala).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      عقل (ʕqal) I (non-past يعقل (yiʕqal))

      1. to remember

      Conjugation

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      Ottoman Turkish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql, understanding, reason, mind).

      Noun

      عقل (akl or akıl) (definite accusative عقلی (aklı), plural عقول (ukul))

      1. reason, intelligence, intellect, the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding
        Synonym: ذهن (zihn, zihin)
      2. wisdom, wiseness, sapience, the ability to contemplate and act productively using knowledge, experience and insight
        Synonym: حكمت (hikmet)
      3. judgment, discernment, discretion, common sense, the power or faculty of making decisions in a right, just, or wisely way
        Synonyms: ادراك (idrak), اوص (us), هوش (huş)
      4. mind, the non-material substance or set of processes in which perception, judgement, thinking, and will are based
        Synonyms: اوص (us), خاطر (hatır), ذهن (zihn, zihin)

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Further reading

      Persian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql).

        Pronunciation

        Readings
        Classical reading? aql
        Dari reading? aql
        Iranian reading? ağl
        Tajik reading? aql

        Noun

        Dari عَقل
        Iranian Persian
        Tajik ақл

        عَقل ('aql)

        1. mind, intellect, understanding, reason
        2. good sense, sound judgment
          • 1976, خسرو شاهانی, “عینک طبی”, in کور لعنتی:
            تو هم اگر عقل درستی داشتی، روزگارت بهتر از این بود.
            to ham agar aql-e dorost-i dâšti, ruzegâr-et behtar az in bud.
            If you had good sense, your life would be better off than this.

        Descendants

        Urdu

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Classical Persian عَقْل ('aql), from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql). First attested as Old Hindi अकलि (akali).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          عَقْل (‘aqlf (formal plural عُقُول ('uqūl), Hindi spelling अक़्ल)

          1. common sense
          2. understanding, wisdom
            Synonym: سَمَجھ (samajh)

          Further reading

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

          • عقل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
          • Platts, John T. (1884) “280”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
          • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عقل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 437
          • عقل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
          • John Shakespear (1834) “عقل”, 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