Where does “ağıl” come from?

ağıl (Azerbaijani) comes from Proto-Turkic *āgïl, from Proto-Turkic āɣ- — to enclose.

ağıl (Azerbaijani): understanding, reason, intellect; good sense;...

Definitions

  1. understanding, reason, intellect; good sense;...

Ancestry of “ağıl”, step by step

ağıl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic *āgïl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*āgïlfold
2Proto-Turkicāɣ-to enclose

via Arabic عَقْل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَقْلreason, mind, intellect; reason, intelligence;...

Words derived from “ağıl

Every word from Proto-Turkic āɣ-Every word from Proto-Turkic *āgïl