How to say "mind, intellect" in Arabic
New wordMeaningmind, intellect
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَقْل
ʿaqlעקל
عقل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שכל
sekhelسِخِل
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
عَقْل
ʿaʾlעאלCairo turns the qāf into a glottal stop: ʿaʾl.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
عْقل
ʿqelעקלDarija keeps the q and drops the vowel: ʿqel.
In a phrase
عَقْل سَلِيم فِي جِسْم سَلِيم
ʿaql salīm fī jism salīmעקל סלים פי ג'סם סליםa sound mind in a sound body
Plural
عُقُول
ʿuqūlעקולbroken plural CuCūC — like قَلْب→قُلُوب