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akal

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay akal, from Classical Malay عقل (akal), from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql, “understanding, intellect”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.kal/
  • Rhymes: -kal
  • Hyphenation: a‧kal

Noun

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akal

  1. mind
    Synonyms: akal pikiran, pikiran
    1. the capability for rational thought
    2. the ability to be aware of things
    3. the ability to remember things
    4. the ability to focus the thoughts
  2. way (a method or manner of doing something)
    Synonyms: jalan, cara
  3. trick; deception (an instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy)
    Synonyms: akal-akalan, tipu daya
  4. reason (rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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

Noun

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akal (Jawi spelling عقل or اکل, plural akal-akal, informal 1st possessive akalku, 2nd possessive akalmu, 3rd possessive akalnya)

  1. thought, mind
    Manusia ialah makhluk yang berakal.
    Humans are beings with minds.
  2. idea, way, solution
    Aku ada satu akal.
    I have an idea.
  3. trick, deception
    Sang Harimau terperdaya lagi oleh akal Sang Kancil.
    Tiger has yet again fallen for Mousedeer's tricks.

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: akal
  • → Ternate: akal

Further reading

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Ternate

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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akal

  1. the mind

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

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Adjective

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akal

  1. pink

Veps

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Noun

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akal

  1. adessive singular of ak
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