# عدل
## Arabic
### Verb

عَدَلَ • (ʕadala) I (non-past يَعْدِلُ (yaʕdilu), verbal noun عَدْل (ʕadl) or مَعْدِلَة (maʕdila) or مَعْدَلَة (maʕdala) or عَدَالَة (ʕadāla) or عُدُولَة (ʕudūla))
* to act justly
    Synonym: أَقْسَطَ (ʔaqsaṭa)

#### Conjugation
### Verb

عَدَلَ • (ʕadala) I (non-past يَعْدِلُ (yaʕdilu), verbal noun عَدْل (ʕadl) or عُدُول (ʕudūl))
* to make (someone) equal (بِ (bi) to)
* (transitive) to be equal to, to be equivalent to
* (transitive) to balance

#### Conjugation
### Verb

عَدَلَ • (ʕadala) I (non-past يَعْدِلُ (yaʕdilu), verbal noun عُدُول (ʕudūl) or عَدْل (ʕadl))
* to deviate, to turn away (عَن (ʕan) from)

#### Conjugation
### Verb

عَدَلَ • (ʕadala) I (non-past يَعْدِلُ (yaʕdilu), verbal noun عَدْل (ʕadl))
* to make deviate, to cause to turn away

#### Conjugation
### Verb

عَدُلَ • (ʕadula) I (non-past يَعْدُلُ (yaʕdulu), verbal noun عَدَالَة (ʕadāla))
* to be just

#### Conjugation
### Verb

عَدِلَ • (ʕadila) I (non-past يَعْدَلُ (yaʕdalu), verbal noun عَدَل (ʕadal))
* to act wrongfully

#### Conjugation
### Verb

عَدَّلَ • (ʕaddala) II (non-past يُعَدِّلُ (yuʕaddilu), verbal noun تَعْدِيل (taʕdīl))
* to give judgment according to the right
* to make just
* to make equal in size or weight, to declare to be equal
* to set into the right proportion
* to straighten
* to lead straight
* (transitive) to weigh rightly
* to balance, to adjust, to fix, to rectify
* (transitive) to adapt
* (transitive) to change, to improve
* to place (a balance) in equilibrium
* to admit (a witness) as lawful
* to drink to excess
* (Modern Standard Arabic) to grow thick or stout
* (electricity) to modulate

#### Conjugation
### Noun

عَدْل • (ʕadl) m (plural عُدُول (ʕudūl))
* verbal noun of عَدَلَ (ʕadala) (form I)
* justice, equity
    مِنَ الْعَدْلِ ― mina l-ʕadli ― fair
* righteousness, uprightness, honesty
* right measure
* compensation
* reward
* ransom
* deviation from what is right, anomaly

#### Declension
### Adjective

عَدْل • (ʕadl) (feminine عَدْل (ʕadl) or عَدْلَة (ʕadla), masculine plural عَدْل (ʕadl) or عُدُول (ʕudūl)) (invariable)
* just, upright, honest
* lawful, admissible
* of equal value

#### Declension
### Noun

عَدَل • (ʕadal) m
* verbal noun of عَدِلَ (ʕadila) (form I)
* equilibration of the two side loads

#### Declension
### Noun

عِدْل • (ʕidl) m (plural أَعْدَال (ʔaʕdāl) or عِدَال (ʕidāl) or عُدُول (ʕudūl))
* equal
* of equal weight
* of equal value
* similar, corresponding
* balanced bale of merchandise, half of a counterbalanced load
* sack, back
    Synonyms: غِرَارَة (ḡirāra), كِيس (kīs), جُوَال (juwāl), تِلِّيس (tillīs)

#### Declension
### Noun

عَدْل • (ʕadl) m pl
* plural of عَادِل (ʕādil)

### Adjective

عَدْل • (ʕadl) m pl
* masculine plural of عَادِل (ʕādil)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدْل (ʕadl).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔaðl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔäd̪l]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔäd̪l]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔäd̪l]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔäd̪l̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔæd̪l̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔäd̪l]

### Noun

عدل • (adl)
* justice
** c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 69:تو ده استقامت در اقلیم عدلم که هستم براه غمت مرد راهیtu dih istiqāmat dar iqlīm-i adl-am ki hastam ba-rāh-i ğamat mard-i rāhīGive me perseverance in the realm of justice, For I am a wayfarer on the way of love-grief for you.(Classical Persian transliteration)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عدل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic عَدَّلَ (ʕaddala).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕad.dal/, [ˈʕad.dal]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

عدّل • (ʕaddal) II (present بعدّل (biʕaddel))
* to , to modify