درك

See also: درک

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د ر ك (d-r-k). Cognate with Hebrew דרך (dereḵ) and Aramaic דְּרַךְ (dəraḵ, “to tread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.rak/

Noun

دَرَك • (darak) m (plural أَدْرَاك (ʔadrāk))

1. gendarmerie
2. (obsolete) stairs, staircase going down

   Synonym: (going up or down) دَرَج (daraj)

3. path one takes to reach a goal
4. reaching of a goal
5. (obsolete) a piece rope attached to the side of a bigger rope

Declension

Declension of noun دَرَك (darak)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرَك darak	الدَّرَك ad-darak	دَرَك darak
Nominative	دَرَكٌ darakun	الدَّرَكُ ad-daraku	دَرَكُ daraku
Accusative	دَرَكًا darakan	الدَّرَكَ ad-daraka	دَرَكَ daraka
Genitive	دَرَكٍ darakin	الدَّرَكِ ad-daraki	دَرَكِ daraki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرَكَيْن darakayn	الدَّرَكَيْن ad-darakayn	دَرَكَيْ darakay
Nominative	دَرَكَانِ darakāni	الدَّرَكَانِ ad-darakāni	دَرَكَا darakā
Accusative	دَرَكَيْنِ darakayni	الدَّرَكَيْنِ ad-darakayni	دَرَكَيْ darakay
Genitive	دَرَكَيْنِ darakayni	الدَّرَكَيْنِ ad-darakayni	دَرَكَيْ darakay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَدْرَاك ʔadrāk	الْأَدْرَاك al-ʔadrāk	أَدْرَاك ʔadrāk
Nominative	أَدْرَاكٌ ʔadrākun	الْأَدْرَاكُ al-ʔadrāku	أَدْرَاكُ ʔadrāku
Accusative	أَدْرَاكًا ʔadrākan	الْأَدْرَاكَ al-ʔadrāka	أَدْرَاكَ ʔadrāka
Genitive	أَدْرَاكٍ ʔadrākin	الْأَدْرَاكِ al-ʔadrāki	أَدْرَاكِ ʔadrāki

Noun

دَرْك • (dark) m (plural أَدْرَاك (ʔadrāk))

1. depth, (literal) rock-bottom

   Antonym: فِرْدَوْس (firdaws)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:145:

     إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ فِى ٱلدَّرْكِ ٱلْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ نَصِيرًا

     Surely the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire—and you will never find for them any helper.

References

• "درك" in Doha Institute Historical Dictionary of Arabic

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

درك • (direk)

1. Alternative form of دیرك (direk, “post, pillar”)

Further reading

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “درك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 2059