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Etymology edit

From the Middle Persian equivalent to Persian دریچه (dariče, panel, pane; window, lid, cover for an opening, literally little door), from در (dar, door) + ـچه (-če, diminutive suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (compare ترس (t-r-s), from the same root but via Greek). Compare also Gulf Arabic دريشة (darīša, window) and Swahili dirisha (window, opening).

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دَرَقَة (daraqaf (plural دَرَق (daraq) or دِرَاق (dirāq) or أَدْرَاق (ʔadrāq))

  1. shield (usually of leather)
    • c. 1346, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, الفروسية [Horsemanship]‎[1]:
      لَا يَتَمَكَّنُ صَاحِبُكَ مِن حَمْلِكَ مَعَ تُرْسٍ وَلَا دَرَقَةٍ وَلَا تَرْكَاشٍ وَلَا شَيْءٍ مِن أَنْوَاعِ السَلَاحِ
      lā yatamakkanu ṣāḥibuka min ḥamlika maʿa tursin wa-lā daraqatin wa-lā tarkāšin wa-lā šayʾin min ʾanwāʿi s-salāḥi
      Your companion cannot bear you with a scutum and not with a leather shield and not with a quiver and not with any kind of weapon.
  2. skullcap, Scutellaria barbata

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  • Andalusian Arabic: دَرْقَة (darqa)

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