Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
د ر ج (d r j)
8 terms

Compare Ge'ez ድርገት (dərgät), Hebrew דֶּרֶג (déreḡ), Classical Syriac ܕܪܓܐ, Aramaic דרגא.

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دَرَجَ (daraja) I (non-past يَدْرُجُ (yadruju), verbal noun دُرُوج (durūj))

  1. to step, step onward, walk
  2. to proceed or ascend gradually
  3. to graduate
  4. to be or become customary
  5. to be a custom, be the fashion
  6. to be current, have currency
  7. to be used to, to be accustomed, to have the habit [with عَلَى (ʕalā)]
  8. to pass, depart, disappear, get destroyed
  9. (euphemistic) to die
  10. to roll up or close a book
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دَرَّجَ (darraja) II (non-past يُدَرِّجُ (yudarriju), verbal noun تَدْرِيج (tadrīj))

  1. to gradate, to divide up
  2. to circulate, to float
  3. to fold up, to curl up
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Noun

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دَرْج (darjm (plural دُرُوج (durūj))

  1. verbal noun of دَرَجَ (daraja, to roll up) (form I)
  2. roll of paper
  3. volume
  4. fold
  5. entering into a book or register
  6. putting in
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Noun

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دَرَج (darajm (plural دِرَاج (dirāj) or أَدْرَاج (ʔadrāj))

  1. road, path
  2. staircase, ladder
  3. mediator
  4. copybook
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دُرْج (durjm (plural أَدْرَاج (ʔadrāj))

  1. drawer
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References

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  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “درج”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “درج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 383–384

Etymology 2

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Noun

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دُرَج (durajf pl

  1. plural of دُرَجَة (duraja)
  2. plural of دَرَجَة (daraja)
  3. plural of دُرْجَة (durja)
  4. plural of دُرَجَّة (durajja)

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
د ر ج
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Etymology 1

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From Arabic دَرَج (daraj).

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Noun

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درج (darajm (collective, singulative درجة f (daraja), plural درجات (darajāt))

  1. stairs
  2. staircase

Etymology 2

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From Arabic دُرْج (durj).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdurd͡ʒ/, [ˈdʊrd͡ʒ]

Noun

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درج (durjm (plural أدراج (ʔadrāj))

  1. drawer
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Etymology 3

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From Arabic دَرَّجَ (darraja).

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Verb

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درج (darraj) II (non-past يِدَرِّج (yidarrij))

  1. to gradate
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    Conjugation of درج (darraj)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m درجت (darrajt) درجت (darrajt) درج (darraj) درجنا (darrajna) درجتوا (darrajtu) درجوا (darraju)
f درجتي (darrajti) درجت (darrajat)
non-past m أدرج (ʔadarrij) تدرج (tidarrij) يدرج (yidarrij) ندرج (nidarrij) تدرجوا (tidarriju) يدرجوا (yidarriju)
f تدرجي (tidarriji) تدرج (tidarrij)
imperative m درج (darrij) درجوا (darriju)
f درجي (darriji)

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic دُرْج (durj, cabinet, casket).

Noun

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درج (dorj)

  1. (obsolete) jewel case, jewel box, casket
    Synonym: صندوق (sandoq)

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
د ر ج
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Etymology

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From Arabic دَرَج (daraj).

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Noun

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درج (darajm (collective, singulative درجة f (daraje), paucal درجات (darajāt))

  1. steps, stairs
  2. staircase