बेअक़्ल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی عَقل (bē-'aql, “stupid”). Equivalent to बे- (be-, “without”) +‎ अक़्ल (aqla, “intelligence”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /beː.əq.lᵊ/, [beː.ɐq.lᵊ], /beː.ək.lᵊ/, [beː.ɐk.lᵊ]

Adjective

बेअक़्ल • (beaqla) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بے عَقْل)

1. stupid, idiotic

   Synonyms: बेवक़ूफ़ (bevqūf), मूर्ख (mūrkh)

Related terms

• बेअक़्ली (beaqlī, “stupidity”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बे-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press