درجة

See also: درجه and درجہ

Arabic

Root
د ر ج (d r j)
16 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ra.d͡ʒa/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun دَرَجَة (daraja)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	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
	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

• Egyptian Arabic: درجة (daraga)
• Maltese: tarġa
• Moroccan Arabic: درجة (darja)
• South Levantine Arabic: درجة (daraja)
• → Hausa: dar̃ajā̀
• → Persian: درجه
  • → Azerbaijani: dərəcə
  • → Bashkir: дәрәжә (dərəžə)
  • → 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

Egyptian Arabic

Root
د ر ج
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic دَرَجَة (daraja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ra.ɡa/, /ˈdɑ.rɐ.ɡɐ/

Noun

درجة • (daraga) f (singulative, collective درج m (darag), paucal درجات (daragāt))

1. step
2. grade
3. degree
   • 2014, تامر حسني, “١٨٠ درجة [180 Degrees]”:

     روحي سيبي روحي لروحي
     وضعي معاكي غير الاول
     خلاص ده اللي بينا خلاص
     ١٨٠ درجة اتحول

     rūḥi sēbi rūḥi li-rūḥi
     waḍaʕi maʕaki ḡēr al-awal
     ḵalāṣ da illi benna ḵalāṣ
     miyya wa tamanēn daraga ithāwel

     Go leave my soul to myself.
     My situation with you is different to how it was first
     Enough, what was between us
     Has turned 180 degrees

References

• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986), “درجة”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[2], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 283

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic دَرَجَة (daraja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dar.ʒa/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. step

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ر ج
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic دَرَجَة (daraja).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

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

1. step, stair
2. degree (temperature)

   قديش درجة الحرارة؟

   ʔaddēš darajit il-ḥarāra

   What's the temperature?

   (literally, “What are the degrees of the heat?”)

3. rank