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)
Related terms
- बेअक़्ली (beaqlī, “stupidity”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बे-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press