ਅਕਲਿ
Old Punjabi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian عَقل ('aql), from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql). Compare Old Hindi अकलि (akali).
Noun
editਅਕਲਿ (akali) f
- reason, sense, understanding
- 1604, Bhagat Kabir, Ādi Granth ang 333:
- ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਅਕਲਿ ਭਈ ਅਵਰੈ ਨਾਤਰੁ ਥਾ ਬੇਗਾਨਾ॥
- gura parasādi akali bhaī avarai nātaru thā begānā.
- 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
- By Guru's Grace, my understanding has been changed; otherwise, I was totally ignorant.
- ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਅਕਲਿ ਭਈ ਅਵਰੈ ਨਾਤਰੁ ਥਾ ਬੇਗਾਨਾ॥
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਅਕਲਿ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 10.
- “ਅਕਲਿ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
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