अकलि

See also: अकल, अकाल, अकेला, अकेली, अकेले, अकेलो, अंकल, अकाले, and अक़्ल

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ('aql), from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql). Compare Old Punjabi ਅਕਲਿ (akali).

Noun

अकलि (akali)

understanding, comprehension, intelligence
- c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 8.0:
  गुर प्रसादि अकलि भाई तो कूं
  gura prasādi akali bhaī to kū̃
  By the grace of the Guru you have been endowed with reason
- c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 285.1:
  कहां थे तुम्ह क्यनं कीये,
  अकलि है सब नेस
  kahā̃ the tumha kyanã kīye,
  akali hai saba nesa
  Where are you [pl.] from, by whom created?
  All [your] understanding is destroyed.

Derived terms

बेअकलि (beakali)

Descendants

Braj: अकल (akal)
Hindustani:
Hindi: अक़्ल (aqal)

Urdu: عَقْل ('aql)

Further reading

Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 512