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))

  1. cyclist, biker
Declension

Noun

دِرَاج • (dirāj) pl

  1. 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))

  1. phasanid, most commonly Francolinus francolin, but also Chrysolophus pheasant
Declension
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)

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)

  1. long
  2. tall

See also

Persian

Alternative forms

  • تراج (torrâj)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ʊr.rɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ʊr.rɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪ur.rɔ́ːd͡ʒ̥]

Readings
Classical reading? durrāj
Dari reading? durrāj
Iranian reading? dorrâj
Tajik reading? durroj

Noun

دراج • (dorrâj)

  1. 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
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