درجہ

درجہ

See also: درجه‎ and درجة‎

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian درجه‎ (daraja, “degree, pitch, level”), from Arabic دَرَجَة‎ (daraja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əɾ.d͡ʒɑː/

Noun

دَرْجَہ • (darja) m (plural درجات‎, Hindi spelling दर्जा)

1. level, extent, rate
2. status, social status, rank

   Synonym: رُتْبَہ‎ (rutbā)

3. kind, category, division, class
4. (geometry) angle

   Synonym: زاوِیَہ‎ (zāviya)

5. (physics) degree
6. (physics, of temperature) degree (a unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius)

Declension

Declension of درجہ
	singular	plural
direct	دَرْجہ‎ (darjah)	دَرْجے‎ (darje)
oblique	دَرْجے‎ (darje)	دَرْجوں‎ (darjõ)
vocative	دَرْجے‎ (darje)	دَرْجو‎ (darjo)

References

• “درجہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “درجہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.