پاگل

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See also: تآكل, and تأكل

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀮 (*paggala​).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. crazy, mad, insane (ie. someone who has lost their mind)
    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
    It's so hot that we'll all go crazy
  2. stupid, nuts, daft
  3. crazy excited (or enthusiastic, passionate.)
    Synonyms: جوش (joś), جُنُون (junūn), شَوق (śauq)
    وہ کِتابوں کے بارے میں بَڑا پاگَل ہے
    vo kitābõ ke bāre mẽ baṛā pāgal he
    They're crazy about books
  4. In love; experiencing romantic feelings
    Synonyms: دِیوَانَہ (dīvāna), فِدا (fidā), مُحَبَّت (muhabbat)
    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
    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)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paggala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • 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.
  • S. W. Fallon (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, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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