अकलि

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

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَقل ('aql), from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql). Compare Old Punjabi ਅਕਲਿ (akali).

Noun

अकलि (akali)

  1. understanding, comprehension, intelligence
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 8.0:
      गुर प्रसादि अकलि भाई तो कूं
      gura prasādi akali bhaī to kū̃
      By the grace of the Guru you have been endowed with reason
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 285.1:
      कहां थे तुम्ह क्यनं कीये,
      अकलि है सब नेस
      kahā̃ the tumha kyanã kīye,
      akali hai saba nesa
      Where are you from, by whom created?
      All understanding is destroyed.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Braj: अकल (akal)
  • Hindustani:

Further reading

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 512
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