ꠀꠇꠟ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql). Cognate with Assamese আকল (akol), Bengali আকল (akol), Hindi अक़्ल (aqla), Gujarati અક્કલ (akkal), Marathi अक्कल (akkal), Punjabi ਅਕਲ (akal) / عَقل (ʻaql), Maltese għaqal, Swahili akili, Turkmen akyl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /axɔl/

Noun

ꠀꠇꠟ • (axol)

  1. understanding, reason, wisdom, sound judgment, sense
  2. brain, intellect

Derived terms

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “akol”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 9.
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