معتدل

Arabic

Root
ع د ل (ʕ-d-l)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِعْتَدَلَ (iʕtadala, “to straighten up”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muʕ.ta.dil/

Adjective

مُعْتَدِل • (muʕtadil) (feminine مُعْتَدِلَة (muʕtadila), masculine plural مُعْتَدِلُونَ (muʕtadilūna), feminine plural مُعْتَدِلَات (muʕtadilāt))

  1. straight, even, proportionate
  2. temperate, mild, moderate

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: mötədil
  • → Ottoman Turkish: معتدل (mu'tedil)
  • → Persian: معتدل
  • → Chagatai: معتدل

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قدم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُعْتَدِل (muʕtadil).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mo̞ʔ.t̪ʰä.d̪ɪl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [moː.t̪ʰä.d̪ɪl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mʊː.t̪ʰä.d̪il̥]

Readings
Classical reading? mu'taḏil
Dari reading? mo'tadil
Iranian reading? mo'tadel
Tajik reading? müʾtadil

Adjective

Dari معتدل
Iranian Persian
Tajik мӯътадил

مُعتَدِل • (mo'tadel)

  1. well proportioned
  2. temperate, mild (of a climate)
    آب و هوای معتدل ― âb o havâ-ye mo'tadel ― temperate climate

See also

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