پاگل
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀮 (*paggala).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pɑː.ɡəl/
- Rhymes: -əl
- Hyphenation: پا‧گَل
Adjective
پاگَل • (pāgal) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पागल)
- crazy, mad, insane (ie. someone who has lost their mind)
- پاگَل ہو گَئے ہو کیا؟
- pāgal ho gae ho kyā?
- Have you gone crazy?
- stupid, nuts, daft
- crazy excited (or enthusiastic, passionate.)
- In love; experiencing romantic feelings
- (playful) silly, dummy
- frantic, possessed, demonic
- اُس گھر میں ایک پاگَل لَڑکی رَہتی ہَے
- A possessed girl lives in that house
Noun
پاگَل • (pāgal) m (Hindi spelling पागल)
- same as adjectives above:
- madman, lunatic; crazy person
- lover
- witch, devil
- Synonyms: چُڑَیل (cuṛail), ڈائِن (ḍāin)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | پاگَل (pāgal) | پاگَل (pāgal) |
| oblique | پاگَل (pāgal) | پاگَلوں (pāgalõ) |
| vocative | پاگَل (pāgal) | پاگَلو (pāgalo) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paggala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
More information
- “پاگل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “پاگل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پاگل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “پاگل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “پاگل”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “پاگل”, 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