aqil

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic عَاقِل (ʕāqil, reasonable; intelligent), active participle of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, to be endowed with reason, to have intelligence, to be conscious, to realize), derived from the root ع ق ل (ʕ q l).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈqɪl/, /ʕɑːˈqɪl/

Adjective

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aqil or ‘aqil (comparative aqiltir, superlative herî aqil or aqiltirîn, Arabic spelling ئاقل or عاقل)

  1. smart, intelligent
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql, understanding, reason).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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aqil m (Arabic spelling ئاقل)

  1. intelligence, cleverness, sense, wisdom, reason
    Synonyms: hiş, sewda
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References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aqil I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 9
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aqil II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 10