لایعقل

Persian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic لَا يَعْقِلُ (lā yaʕqilu). By surface analysis, لا (lâ) +‎ یعقل (ya'qel).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lɑː.jaʔ.ˈqil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.jäʔ.qɪ́l]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.jäʔ.qɪ́l]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑː.jɑː.qɪ́l]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔː.jɔː.qíl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lɒː.jæʔ.ɢél̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɔ.jäʔ.qíl]

Readings
Classical reading?	lāya'qil
Dari reading?	lāya'qil
Iranian reading?	lâya'ğel
Tajik reading?	loyaʾqil

Adjective

لایعقل • (lâya'qel)

1. (literary) unreasonable, irrational

   Synonyms: نادان (nâdân), بی عقل (bi aql)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “لایعقل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim