# دراج
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

دَرَّاج • (darrāj) m (plural دَرَّاجُون (darrājūn), feminine دَرَّاجَة (darrāja))
* cyclist, biker

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

دِرَاج • (dirāj) pl
* plural of دَرَج (daraj)

### Etymology 3

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

دُرَّاج • (durrāj) m (plural دَرَارِيج (darārīj))
* phasanid, most commonly Francolinus francolin, but also Chrysolophus pheasant

##### Descendants

* → Classical Syriac: ܕܪܓܐ (darrāḡā, dərāḡā)
* → Persian: دراج (dorrâj), تراج (torrâj)
** → Armenian: թուրաջ (tʻuraǰ), թուռաճ (tʻuṙač) (via Turkic)
** → Azerbaijani: turac
** → Chagatai: توراج (turaj)
** → Georgian: დურაჯი (duraǯi), დურეჯი (dureǯi), თურაჯი (turaǯi), თურეჯი (tureǯi)
** → Gujarati: દુર્રાજ (durrāj)
** → Laz: დურაჯი (duraci)
** → Ottoman Turkish: تراج (turac), توراج (turac)
*** Turkish: turaç
** → Russian: тура́ч (turáč) (via Turkic)
** → Turkmen: turaç
* → Old Armenian: դուռէճ (duṙēč), տուռէճ (tuṙēč) — variant reading
** Middle Armenian: տուռէճ (tuṙēč)

### Further reading

* 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, 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, 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
### Adjective

دراج • (daráj, dráj)
* long
* tall

### See also

* دراژ (daráž, dráž)

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* تراج (torrâj)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [duɾ.ˈɾɑːd͡ʒ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ʊr.rɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ʊr.rɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪ʊr.rɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪ur.rɔ́ːd͡ʒ̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪oɹ.ɹɒ́ːd͡ʒ̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪uɾ.ɾɔ́d͡ʒ]

### Noun

دراج • (dorrâj)
* francolin

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: թուրաջ (tʻuraǰ), թուռաճ (tʻuṙač) (via Turkic)
* → Azerbaijani: turac
* → Chagatai: توراج (turaj)
* → Georgian: დურაჯი (duraǯi), დურეჯი (dureǯi), თურაჯი (turaǯi), თურეჯი (tureǯi)
* → Gujarati: દુર્રાજ (durrāj)
* → Laz: დურაჯი (duraci)
* → Ottoman Turkish: تراج (turac), توراج (turac)
** Turkish: turaç
* → Russian: тура́ч (turáč) (via Turkic)
* → Turkmen: turaç

### References

* 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 (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 819b