akal
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Malay akal, from Classical Malay عقل (akal), from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql, “understanding, intellect”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈa.kal/
Rhymes: -kal
Hyphenation: a‧kal
=== Noun ===
akal (plural akal-akal)
mind
Synonyms: akal pikiran, pikiran
the capability for rational thought
the ability to be aware of things
the ability to remember things
the ability to focus the thoughts
way (a method or manner of doing something)
Synonyms: jalan, cara
trick; deception (an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy)
Synonyms: akal-akalan, tipu daya
reason (rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“akal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Javanese ==
=== Romanization ===
akal
romanization of ꦲꦏꦭ꧀
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql, “understanding, intellect”).
=== Noun ===
akal (Jawi spelling عقل or اکل, plural akal-akal or akal2)
thought, mind
idea, way, solution
trick, deception
==== Descendants ====
> Indonesian: akal (inherited)
→ Javanese: ꦲꦏꦭ꧀ (akal)
→ Ternate: akal
=== Further reading ===
"akal" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
== Senhaja de Srair ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /akal/
=== Noun ===
akal m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴰⵍ)
Zerqet form of akay
== Tashelhit ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit اَكَالْ (akal, “earth, soil”), from Proto-Berber *a-ʔḱal (“earth”), ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔ-k-l (“earth”).
Cognate with
Senhaja de Srair akay (“earth”), Tarifit cař (“earth, soil, sand”), Zenaga aʔgäy (“earth, country”), Ghadames ōkăl (“earth”), Tuareg ăkall (“earth, land, country”); Proto-Chadic *kal (“field”); and Egyptian ꜣkr (“earth-god Aker, earth”)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /akal/
=== Noun ===
akal m (plural ikaliwn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴽⴰⵍ, Arabic spelling آكال)
earth, soil
land, territory
continent, world
==== Inflection ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== See also ===
=== References ===
Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 209b
== Ternate ==
=== Etymology ===
Ultimately from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈa.kal]
Rhymes: -al
=== Noun ===
akal
the mind
=== References ===
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
== Veps ==
=== Noun ===
akal
adessive singular of ak