درجة

درجة

See also: درجه‎ and درجہ‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د ر ج‎ (d-r-j).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ra.d͡ʒa/

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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

• Maltese: tarġa
• → Hausa: dar̃ajā̀
• → Persian: درجه‎
  • → Azerbaijani: dərəcə
  • → Bashkir: дәрәжә (däräjä)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: درجه‎
    • → Turkish: derece
  • → Uzbek: daraja
  • → Uyghur: دەرىجە‎ (derije)
• → Indonesian: derajat
• → Malay: darjah, darjat
• → Spanish: adaraja
• → Swahili: daraja

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “درجة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “درجة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, 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

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دَرَجَة‎ (daraja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dar.ʒa/

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Noun

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

1. step

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ر ج‎

Etymology

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