अक्कल

Gondi

Telugu	అక్కల్ (akkal)
Devanagari	अक्कल
Odia
Gunjala
Masara

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *akka (“elder sister”).

Noun

अक्कल (akkal)

1. elder sister

Etymology 2

Derived from Urdu عَقْل ('aql).

Noun

अक्कल (akkal)

1. wisdom

References

• “अक्कल”, in Gondi Dictionary‎^[1], (Can we date this quote?)

Malvi

Noun

अक्कल (akkal) f

1. Alternative form of अकल (akal)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَقل ('aql), from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql). Compare Gujarati અક્કલ (akkal), Hindustani عَقْل ('aql) / अक़्ल (aql), Punjabi ਅਕ਼ਲ (aqal) / عَقل (ʻaql).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ək.kəl/
• Rhymes: -əl

Noun

अक्कल • (akkal) f

1. intelligence

   Synonym: बुद्धी (buddhī)

2. understanding, sense

   Synonym: समज (samaj)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “अक्कल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 1.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अक्कल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 3
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अक्कल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 6.