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

Declension of adjective مُعْتَدِل (muʕtadil)

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

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)