معتدل

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Arabic

Root
ع د ل (ʕ-d-l)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Descendants

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

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 معتدلâb o havâ-ye mo'tadeltemperate climate

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