ꠀꠇꠟ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql). Cognate with Assamese আকল (akol), Bengali আকল (akol), Hindi अक़्ल (aqla), Gujarati અક્કલ (akkal), Marathi अक्कल (akkal), Punjabi ਅਕਲ (akal) / عَقل (ʻaql), Maltese għaqal, Swahili akili, Turkmen akyl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /axɔl/

Noun

ꠀꠇꠟ • (axol)

1. understanding, reason, wisdom, sound judgment, sense
2. brain, intellect

Derived terms

• ꠀꠇꠟ ꠛꠥꠖꠗꠤ (axol budodí)
• ꠀꠇꠟꠖꠣꠔ (axolodat)
• ꠀꠇꠟꠖꠣꠞ (axolodar)

 

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “akol”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 9.