معتدل

Arabic

Root
ع د ل (ʕ d l)
12 terms

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

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُعْتَدِل muʕtadil	الْمُعْتَدِل al-muʕtadil	مُعْتَدِلَة muʕtadila	الْمُعْتَدِلَة al-muʕtadila
Nominative	مُعْتَدِلٌ muʕtadilun	الْمُعْتَدِلُ al-muʕtadilu	مُعْتَدِلَةٌ muʕtadilatun	الْمُعْتَدِلَةُ al-muʕtadilatu
Accusative	مُعْتَدِلًا muʕtadilan	الْمُعْتَدِلَ al-muʕtadila	مُعْتَدِلَةً muʕtadilatan	الْمُعْتَدِلَةَ al-muʕtadilata
Genitive	مُعْتَدِلٍ muʕtadilin	الْمُعْتَدِلِ al-muʕtadili	مُعْتَدِلَةٍ muʕtadilatin	الْمُعْتَدِلَةِ al-muʕtadilati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُعْتَدِلَيْن muʕtadilayn	الْمُعْتَدِلَيْن al-muʕtadilayn	مُعْتَدِلَتَيْن muʕtadilatayn	الْمُعْتَدِلَتَيْن al-muʕtadilatayn
Nominative	مُعْتَدِلَانِ muʕtadilāni	الْمُعْتَدِلَانِ al-muʕtadilāni	مُعْتَدِلَتَانِ muʕtadilatāni	الْمُعْتَدِلَتَانِ al-muʕtadilatāni
Accusative	مُعْتَدِلَيْنِ muʕtadilayni	الْمُعْتَدِلَيْنِ al-muʕtadilayni	مُعْتَدِلَتَيْنِ muʕtadilatayni	الْمُعْتَدِلَتَيْنِ al-muʕtadilatayni
Genitive	مُعْتَدِلَيْنِ muʕtadilayni	الْمُعْتَدِلَيْنِ al-muʕtadilayni	مُعْتَدِلَتَيْنِ muʕtadilatayni	الْمُعْتَدِلَتَيْنِ al-muʕtadilatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُعْتَدِلِين muʕtadilīn	الْمُعْتَدِلِين al-muʕtadilīn	مُعْتَدِلَات muʕtadilāt	الْمُعْتَدِلَات al-muʕtadilāt
Nominative	مُعْتَدِلُونَ muʕtadilūna	الْمُعْتَدِلُونَ al-muʕtadilūna	مُعْتَدِلَاتٌ muʕtadilātun	الْمُعْتَدِلَاتُ al-muʕtadilātu
Accusative	مُعْتَدِلِينَ muʕtadilīna	الْمُعْتَدِلِينَ al-muʕtadilīna	مُعْتَدِلَاتٍ muʕtadilātin	الْمُعْتَدِلَاتِ al-muʕtadilāti
Genitive	مُعْتَدِلِينَ muʕtadilīna	الْمُعْتَدِلِينَ al-muʕtadilīna	مُعْتَدِلَاتٍ muʕtadilātin	الْمُعْتَدِلَاتِ al-muʕtadilāti

Declension of adjective مُعْتَدِل (muʕtadil)

Descendants

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

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

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَدِل (muʕtadil).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muʔ.ta.ðil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞ʔ.t̪ʰä.d̪ɪl]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʔ.t̪ʰæ.d̪el̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɵʔ.t̪ʰä.d̪il]

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

• مُلایِم (molâyem)