# درج
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* د ر ج (d r j)
* 8 terms
Compare Ge'ez ድርገት (dərgät), Hebrew דֶּרֶג (déreḡ), Classical Syriac ܕܪܓܐ, Aramaic דרגא.

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

دَرَجَ • (daraja) I (non-past يَدْرُجُ (yadruju), verbal noun دُرُوج (durūj))
* to step, step onward, walk
* to proceed or ascend gradually
* to graduate
* to be or become customary
* to be a custom, be the fashion
* to be current, have currency
* to be used to, to be accustomed, to have the habit [with عَلَى (ʕalā)]
* to pass, depart, disappear, get destroyed
* (euphemistic) to die
* to roll up or close a book

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

دَرَّجَ • (darraja) II (non-past يُدَرِّجُ (yudarriju), verbal noun تَدْرِيج (tadrīj))
* to gradate, to divide up
* to circulate, to float
* to fold up, to curl up

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

دَرْج • (darj) m (plural دُرُوج (durūj))
* verbal noun of دَرَجَ (daraja, “to roll up”) (form I)
* roll of paper
* volume
* fold
* entering into a book or register
* putting in

##### Declension
#### Noun

دَرَج • (daraj) m (plural دِرَاج (dirāj) or أَدْرَاج (ʔadrāj))
* road, path
* staircase, ladder
* mediator
* copybook

##### Declension
#### Noun

دُرْج • (durj) m (plural أَدْرَاج (ʔadrāj))
* drawer

##### Declension
#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “درج”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
* Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “درج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 383–384

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

دُرَج • (duraj) f pl
* plural of دُرَجَة (duraja)
* plural of دَرَجَة (daraja)
* plural of دُرْجَة (durja)
* plural of دُرَجَّة (durajja)

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* د ر ج
* 1 term

### Etymology 1

From Arabic دَرَج (daraj).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈda.rad͡ʒ/

#### Noun

درج • (daraj) m (collective, singulative درجة f (daraja), plural درجات (darajāt))
* stairs
* staircase

### Etymology 2

From Arabic دُرْج (durj).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdurd͡ʒ/, [ˈdʊrd͡ʒ]

#### Noun

درج • (durj) m (plural أدراج (ʔadrāj))
* drawer

##### See also

* أدراج (ʔadrāj, “cabinet”)
* دولاب (dōlāb, “closet, wardrobe”)

### Etymology 3

From Arabic دَرَّجَ (darraja).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdar.rad͡ʒ/

#### Verb

درج • (darraj) II (non-past يِدَرِّج (yidarrij))
* to gradate

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of درج (darraj) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | درجت (darrajt) | درجت (darrajt) | درج (darraj) | درجنا (darrajna) | درجتوا (darrajtu) | درجوا (darraju) |
| past | f | درجت (darrajt) | درجتي (darrajti) | درجت (darrajat) | درجنا (darrajna) | درجتوا (darrajtu) | درجوا (darraju) |
| non-past | m | أدرج (ʔadarrij) | تدرج (tidarrij) | يدرج (yidarrij) | ندرج (nidarrij) | تدرجوا (tidarriju) | يدرجوا (yidarriju) |
| non-past | f | أدرج (ʔadarrij) | تدرجي (tidarriji) | تدرج (tidarrij) | ندرج (nidarrij) | تدرجوا (tidarriju) | يدرجوا (yidarriju) |
| imperative | m | | درج (darrij) | | | درجوا (darriju) | |
| imperative | f | | درجي (darriji) | | | درجوا (darriju) | |

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُرْج (durj, “cabinet, casket”).

### Noun

درج • (dorj)
* (obsolete) jewel case, jewel box, casket
    Synonym: صندوق (sandoq)

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* د ر ج
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic دَرَج (daraj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da.raʒ/, [ˈda.raʒ]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

درج • (daraj) m (collective, singulative درجة f (daraje), paucal درجات (darajāt))
* steps, stairs
* staircase