دراج

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Occupational noun from the root د ر ج (d-r-j).

Noun[edit]

دَرَّاج (darrājm (plural دَرَّاجُون (darrājūn), feminine دَرَّاجَة (darrāja))

  1. cyclist, biker
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

دِرَاج (dirājpl

  1. plural of دَرَج (daraj)

Etymology 3[edit]

Identical to تَدْرُج (tadruj, pheasant); the first form based on Middle Persian *tadurug, the present form on the last two thirds of *tudurāg, with gemination in the Arabic word after the measure as found in عُكَّاز (ʕukkāz).

Noun[edit]

دُرَّاج (durrājm (plural دَرَارِيج (darārīj))

  1. phasanid, most commonly Francolinus francolin, but also Chrysolophus pheasant
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Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դուռէճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 684b
  • Fīrūzābādī (1834) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt[1], 2nd edition, volume I, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, Constantinople, page 397
  • Greppin, John A. C. (1985) “Some Further Comments on Armenian Bird Names”, in Annual of Armenian linguistics[2], number 6, pages 45–50
  • Seidel, Ernst (1908) Mechithar’s, des Meisterarztes aus Her, ‘Trost bei Fiebern’: nach dem Venediger Druck vom Jahre 1832 zum ersten Male aus dem Mittelarmenischen übersetzt und erläutert (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, § 5, page 126

Baluchi[edit]

Adjective[edit]

دراج (daráj, dráj)

  1. long
  2. tall

See also[edit]

Persian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic دُرَّاج (durrāj). The form تراج (torrâj) is a blend with تذرو (tazarv, pheasant).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? durrāj
Dari reading? durrāj
Iranian reading? dorrâj
Tajik reading? durroj

Noun[edit]

دراج (dorrâj)

  1. francolin

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دُرّاج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[3] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 819b