جَدِيلَةٌ

A رَهْط, [q. v.,] i. e., (TA,) a thing like an إِتْب, of hide, or leather, which boys, and menstruous women, wear round the waist in the manner of an إِزَار. (K, TA.)

-A2- A [tribe, such as is termed] قَبِيلَة: and a region, quarter, or tract; synonym نَاحِيَةٌ: (S, K:) and so ↓ جَدْلَاءُ, in both these senses, as used in the phrase, هٰذَا عَلَى جَدْلَايءِهِ [This is according to the way of his region, and of his tribe]. (TA.) You say also, ↓ ذَهَبَ عَلَى جَدْلَايءِهِ, 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.)

A state, or condition. (K.)

(tropical:) A particular way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, or conduct; synonym 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.)

(tropical:) A determination of the mind. (TA.)

(assumed tropical:) The management, or ordering, of a people's affairs; the exercise of the office of عَرِيف. (AA, TA.)