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عدول

English translation: It is a title for the legal clerk that documents marriages

01:55 Jun 27, 2005
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Genealogy / Moroccan ancestral lines
Arabic term or phrase: عدول
I am translating a Moroccan family tree. I notice that the word عدول appears frequently in ancestral lines. At first I assumed it was a name, but its frequency gave me some doubt. Is this a popular Moroccan name? It would seem as though every other person is named عدول, unless the word means something different. Here are a few examples of these ancestral lines (with names altered to protect the identity):

الآنسة فاطمة عدول بنت الوجيه الضابط السامي الحازم السيد محمد

سـيدي جعفر عدول الشهير بن الفقيه موسى بن الفقيه السيد حسن

سيدي حاتم ابن عدول بن الفقيه السيد حسـين بن عباس

القاسم بن الحسن بن علي بن عدول الودرار التزيني

I have left the words الودرار التزيني unaltered because I do not know if they are names or not. Whoever can explain what عدول means may be able to shed some light on these two words as well; otherwise, I will assume they are names.
Fuad Yahya
English translation:It is a title for the legal clerk that documents marriages
Explanation:
Some Moroccans from our community confirmed this

It is a title for the legal clerk that documents marriages:
مثل كاتب عدل

All the best

Saleh

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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2005-06-27 03:33:49 GMT)
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judicial or juridical clerk

Additional confirmations came from other community members from Algeria and Tunisia

Saleh

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Note added at 1 hr 40 mins (2005-06-27 03:35:19 GMT)
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Just like saying أبن أو بنت القاضي أو السلطان

ٍSaleh

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Note added at 2 hrs 12 mins (2005-06-27 04:08:05 GMT)
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http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&biw=772&q=ما معنى عدول؟...

It might be plural for عدلي

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Note added at 6 hrs 32 mins (2005-06-27 08:27:10 GMT)
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\"عدول\" is single title andthe plural is \"عدولات\" Last conformation by a Morrocan lady. All the best. Saleh
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Saleh Ayyub
New Zealand
Local time: 07:35
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2It is a title for the legal clerk that documents marriages
Saleh Ayyub
1 +2I think it is a name
ahmed ismaiel owieda


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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
عدول
I think it is a name


Explanation:
It looks to be a name

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Note added at 15 mins (2005-06-27 02:10:43 GMT)
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also الودرار التزييني look to be names!

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Note added at 19 mins (2005-06-27 02:14:46 GMT)
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also الودرار التزييني look to be names!

ahmed ismaiel owieda
Egypt
Local time: 21:35
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohamed Gaafar
0 min
  -> thanks so much
agree  soamo19: I guess it is Addoul عَدُّول , Moroccan name
4 hrs
  -> thanks so much
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
عدول
It is a title for the legal clerk that documents marriages


Explanation:
Some Moroccans from our community confirmed this

It is a title for the legal clerk that documents marriages:
مثل كاتب عدل

All the best

Saleh

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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2005-06-27 03:33:49 GMT)
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judicial or juridical clerk

Additional confirmations came from other community members from Algeria and Tunisia

Saleh

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Note added at 1 hr 40 mins (2005-06-27 03:35:19 GMT)
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Just like saying أبن أو بنت القاضي أو السلطان

ٍSaleh

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Note added at 2 hrs 12 mins (2005-06-27 04:08:05 GMT)
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http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&biw=772&q=ما معنى عدول؟...

It might be plural for عدلي

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Note added at 6 hrs 32 mins (2005-06-27 08:27:10 GMT)
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\"عدول\" is single title andthe plural is \"عدولات\" Last conformation by a Morrocan lady. All the best. Saleh

Saleh Ayyub
New Zealand
Local time: 07:35
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  intelligency: I'm moroccan and I know that عدول is the clerk who documents marriages but I don't know what it's doing there among names!
2 hrs
  -> I think either singular or plural it is a title. for example in jordan there are family titles like القاضي و القضاة و حداد و حدادين but it is still family names or titles
agree  Dina Abdo: you may be right Saleh, especially after xpsal's note. But the word in your meaning doesn't seem to match with the context!!
4 hrs
  -> It is a chain of titles, such as in:الوجيه الضابط السامي الحازم السيد
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