aqil

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈqɪl/, /ʕɑːˈqɪl/

Adjective

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

1. smart, intelligent

Derived terms

• aqiljîr
• aqilkurîn
• aqilmend
• aqilî

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql, “understanding, reason”).

Alternative forms

• aql, eqil, eql

Noun

aqil m (Arabic spelling ئاقل)

1. intelligence, cleverness, sense, wisdom, reason

   Synonyms: hiş, sewda

Declension

Declension of aqil

definite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	aqil	aqil
construct	aqilê	aqilên
oblique	aqilî	aqilan
demonstrative oblique	wî aqilî	wan aqilan
vocative	aqilo	aqilino
indefinite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	aqilek	aqilin
construct	aqilekî	aqiline
oblique	aqilekî	aqilinan

Derived terms

• aqilsivik
• aqiltîj

References

• 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