جدل

جَدِيلَةٌ جديله جديلة A رَهْط, [q. v.,] i. e., (TA,) a thing like an اـِتْب, of hide, or leather, which boys, and menstruous women, wear round the waist in the manner of an اـِزَار. (K, TA.) -A2- A [ tribe, such as is termed ] قَبِيلَة: and a region, quarter, or tract; syn. نَاحِيَةٌ: (S, K:) and so ↓ جَدْلَاآءُ, in both these senses, as used in the phrase, هٰذَا عَلَى جَدْلَائِهِ [ This is according to the way of his region, and of his tribe ]. (TA.) You say also, ↓ ذَهَبَ عَلَى جَدْلَائِهِ, in the K, erroneously, جَدْلَانِهِ, (TA,) i. e., على وَجْهِهِ [ He went his own way ], (K, TA,) and نَاحِيَتِهِ [ towards his region, or quarter, or tract ]. (K.) ― -b2- A state, or condition. (K.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A particular way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, or conduct; syn. شَاكِلَةٌ, (S, K,) and طَرِيقَةٌ. (K.) You say, عَمِلَ عَلَى جَدِيلَتِهِ, i. e. [ He did according to his own particular way, &c.; or] عَمِلَ عَلَى شَاكِلَتِهِ الَّتِى جُدِلَ عَلَيْهَا [explained above: see 1]. (TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) A determination of the mind. (TA.) ― -b5- (assumed tropical:) The management, or ordering, of a people's affairs; the exercise of the office of عَرِيف. (AA, TA.)