Arabic

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Root
ع ق ل (ʕ q l)
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Etymology 1.1

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    • IPA(key): /ʕaql/
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    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
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    Etymology 1.2

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

      1. to be reasonable, to make sense
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      عَقَّلَ (ʕaqqala) II (non-past يُعَقِّلُ (yuʕaqqilu), verbal noun تَعْقِيل (taʕqīl))

      1. to make reasonable
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      Etymology 2.1

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      عَقْل (ʕaqlm (plural عُقُول (ʕuqūl))

      1. asylum
      2. fortress
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      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
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      عَقَل (ʕaqalm

      1. verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, to find refuge in a high mountain) (form I)
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      Etymology 3.1

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      عَقْل (ʕaqlm (plural عُقُول (ʕuqūl))

      1. verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, to renounce revenge for wergild) (form I)
      2. bloodwite, wergild, blood money
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      عَقَلَ (ʕaqala) I (non-past يَعْقِلُ (yaʕqilu), verbal noun عَقْل (ʕaql))

      1. to renounce revenge for wergild, to relinquish retaliation of blood
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      عَقَلَ (ʕaqala) I (non-past يَعْقِلُ (yaʕqilu), verbal noun عَقْل (ʕaql))

      1. to hobble, to tie with the rope عِقَال (ʕiqāl)
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      Etymology 4.2

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      عَقْل (ʕaqlm (plural عُقُول (ʕuqūl))

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

      Etymology 4.3

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

      1. to have a twisting in the hind leg
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      عَقَل (ʕaqalm

      1. verbal noun of عَقِلَ (ʕaqila, to have a twisting in the hind leg) (form I)
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      عَقَلَ (ʕaqala) I (non-past يَعْقِلُ (yaʕqilu), verbal noun عَقْل (ʕaql))

      1. to pasture upon camelthorn (عَاقُول (ʕāqūl))
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      عَقْل (ʕaqlm (plural عُقُول (ʕuqūl))

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

      Gojri

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

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      عَقَل ('aqalf

      1. intelligence, wisdom, sense

      Further reading

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      • 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.

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      Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql)

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      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

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      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)

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      Etymology 1

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      From Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql).

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      • IPA(key): /ʕa.ɡil/, [ʕa.ɡɪl]

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

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

      Etymology 2

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      From Arabic عَقَلَ (ʕaqala).

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      • IPA(key): /ʕi.ɡil/, [ʕɪ.ɡɪl]

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

      1. to mature
      2. to be reasonable
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      Conjugation of عقل
      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

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      From Arabic عَقَّلَ (ʕaqqala).

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

      1. to make reasonable
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      Conjugation of عقل
      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)

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

      1. Arabic spelling of aqıl (intellect)

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      Declension of عقل
      singular plural
      nominative عقل عقللار
      genitive عقلؽݧ عقللارؽݧ
      dative عقلقا عقللارقا
      definite accusative عقلؽ عقللارؽ
      locative عقلچا عقللارچا
      ablative عقلدا عقللاردا
      instrumental عقللا عقللارلا
      equative عقلوارا عقللاروارا

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      From Arabic عَقَلَ (ʕaqala).

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

      1. to remember

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

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      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)

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      Persian

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        Borrowed from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql).

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

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        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.

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

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

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

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          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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
          • 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