درجة

See also: درجه and درجہ

Arabic

Root
د ر ج (d r j)
13 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da.ra.d͡ʒa/
Audio: (file)

Noun

دَرَجَة • (daraja) f (plural دَرَجَات (darajāt) or دَرَج (daraj))

stair, step
stairway, staircase
(general, mathematics, geography, temperature) degree
degree, rank, order, dignity, condition, station
mark, grade (at school)
stage upwards (to Paradise, etc.)

Declension

Declension of noun **دَرَجَة** (daraja)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَرَجَة daraja	الدَّرَجَة ad-daraja	دَرَجَة darajat
nominative	دَرَجَةٌ darajatun	الدَّرَجَةُ ad-darajatu	دَرَجَةُ darajatu
accusative	دَرَجَةً darajatan	الدَّرَجَةَ ad-darajata	دَرَجَةَ darajata
genitive	دَرَجَةٍ darajatin	الدَّرَجَةِ ad-darajati	دَرَجَةِ darajati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَرَجَتَيْن darajatayn	الدَّرَجَتَيْن ad-darajatayn	دَرَجَتَيْ darajatay
nominative	دَرَجَتَانِ darajatāni	الدَّرَجَتَانِ ad-darajatāni	دَرَجَتَا darajatā
accusative	دَرَجَتَيْنِ darajatayni	الدَّرَجَتَيْنِ ad-darajatayni	دَرَجَتَيْ darajatay
genitive	دَرَجَتَيْنِ darajatayni	الدَّرَجَتَيْنِ ad-darajatayni	دَرَجَتَيْ darajatay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَرَجَات‎; دَرَج darajāt‎; daraj	الدَّرَجَات‎; الدَّرَج ad-darajāt‎; ad-daraj	دَرَجَات‎; دَرَج darajāt‎; daraj
nominative	دَرَجَاتٌ‎; دَرَجٌ darajātun‎; darajun	الدَّرَجَاتُ‎; الدَّرَجُ ad-darajātu‎; ad-daraju	دَرَجَاتُ‎; دَرَجُ darajātu‎; daraju
accusative	دَرَجَاتٍ‎; دَرَجًا darajātin‎; darajan	الدَّرَجَاتِ‎; الدَّرَجَ ad-darajāti‎; ad-daraja	دَرَجَاتِ‎; دَرَجَ darajāti‎; daraja
genitive	دَرَجَاتٍ‎; دَرَجٍ darajātin‎; darajin	الدَّرَجَاتِ‎; الدَّرَجِ ad-darajāti‎; ad-daraji	دَرَجَاتِ‎; دَرَجِ darajāti‎; daraji

Descendants

Maltese: tarġa
→ Hausa: dar̃ajā̀
→ Persian: درجه
- → Azerbaijani: dərəcə
- → Bashkir: дәрәжә (dərəjə)
- → Hindi: दर्जा (darjā)
- → Ottoman Turkish: درجه
  - → Turkish: derece
- → Urdu: درجہ
- → Uzbek: daraja
- → Uyghur: دەرىجە (derije)
→ Indonesian: derajat
→ Malay: darjah, darjat
→ Spanish: adaraja
→ Swahili: daraja
→ Turkmen: dereje

References

Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “درجة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “درجة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “درج”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دَرَجَة (daraja).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dar.ʒa/
Audio: (file)

Noun

درجة • (darja) f (plural درجات (darjāt) or دروج (drūj), diminutive دريجة (drīja))

step

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ر ج
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَرَجَة (daraja).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da.ra.ʒe/, [ˈda.ra.ʒe]
IPA^(key): /da.ra.ʒa/, [ˈda.ra.ʒa]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

درجة • (daraje) f (singulative, collective درج m (daraj), paucal درجات (darajāt))

step, stair
degree (temperature)
قديش درجة الحرارة؟
ʔaddēš darajit il-ḥarāra
What's the temperature?
(literally, “What are the degrees of the heat?”)
rank