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معتدل

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Arabic

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Root
ع د ل (ʕ d l)
12 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَدِل (muʕtadil).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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Dari معتدل
Iranian Persian
Tajik мӯътадил

مُعتَدِل (mo'tadel)

  1. well proportioned
  2. temperate, mild (of a climate)
    آب و هوای معتدلâb o havâ-ye mo'tadeltemperate climate

See also

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