Akla: 1 definition

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Alternative spellings of this word include Akl.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Akla (अक्ल) [Also spelled akl]:—(nf) common sense; intellect; wits; wisdom;—[ānā] to see reason; to learn a lesson;—[kā aṃdhā] a dotard, devoid of grey matter; —[kā ghāsa khānā]/[caranā]/[caranā] to be bereft of wits, to be out of one’s head; —[kā duśmana] a stupid fellow; —[kā putalā] intellect personified; —[kāma na karanā],—[mārī jānā] to be in a fix or dilemma;—[kuṃda honā] to be at one’s wit’s end;—[ke ghoḍe dauḍanā] to cudgel one’s brains; to exercise one’s mind in all directions, to indulge in mental gymnasium;— [ke pīche ḍaṃḍā]/[lāṭhī lie phiranā] to indulge in stupidity all the time, to demand a tribute to the dead;—[cakarānā], —[cakkara meṃ ānā]/[paḍanā] to be non-plussed;—[carane jānā],—[kā cirāga gula honā],—[jātī rahanā] to lose the faculty of reasoning, to lose power of discrimination; to lose wits;—[ṭhikāne lagānā] to set (one) right, to put to senses, to fix one in one’s proper place, to cut to size;—[ṭhikāne honā] to have learnt a lesson, to be fixed in one’s proper place;—[para patthara]/[paradā paḍanā],—[guma honā] to be out of one’s head, to be bereft of senses or intellect, to lose one’s wits; —[baḍī] ([]) [ki bhaiṃsa] knowledge predominates over mere strength;—[meṃ] ([tuma]) [usake pāsaṃga bhī nahīṃ] there is more wit in his little finger than in your whole body; —[saṭhiyānā] to suffer senile decay, to suffer from mental paralyses; —[se koī vāstā na honā] to have nothing to do with common sense.

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