ܕܪܓܐ

Inherited from Aramaic דַּרְגָּא (dargā); related to Turoyo ܕܰܪܓ݂ܐ (darġo), Arabic دَرَج (daraj), دَرَجَة (daraja) and Hebrew דֶּרֶג (déreg).

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ܕܲܪܓ݂ܵܐ • (darḡā) m (plural ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܹܐ (darḡē) or ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (darḡāṯā))

1. step, stair
2. order, rank, level
3. (geometry, physics) degree

   ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܬܪܝܼܨܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܙܵܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܬܸܫܥܝܼܢ ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܹܐ

   zāwīṯā trīṣtā ìlāh zāwīṯā b-tišˁīn darḡē

   A right angle is an angle of ninety degrees

   ܛܵܒ݂ ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܚܲܩܠܵܐ ܕܚܸܙܘܵܐ ܒ-180 ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܹܐ

   ṭāḇ nāšē īṯ lhōn ḥaqlā d-ḥizwā b-180 darḡē

   Most humans have a field of vision of 180 degrees

   ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܪܵܬ݂ܚܝܼ ܒ-100 ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܹܐ ܡܐܵܝܹ̈ܐ

   mayyā kē rāṯḥī b-100 darḡē mˀāyē

   Water boils at 100 degrees celsius

The plural ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (darḡāṯā) is used in the sense of “stairs'” while the plural ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܹܐ (darḡē) is used for all other senses.

• ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bēṯ darḡāṯā, “staircase”)
• ܕܲܪܓ݂ܵܐ ܕܚܲܡܝܼܡܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (darḡā d-ḥammīmūṯā, “temperature”)

• ܣܸܒܸܠܬܵܐ (sibbiltā, “staircase”)

From Arabic دُرَّاج (durrāj).

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ܕܲܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ • (darrāḡā) m (plural ܕܲܪ̈ܵܓ݂ܹܐ (darrāḡē))

1. francolin

Compare Arabic دَرَج (daraj), Hebrew דֶּרֶג (déreḡ).

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ܕܪܓܐ • (dargā) m (plural ܕܪܓܐ (dargē))

1. stairway, step
2. level, degree
3. order, rank
4. state, condition, situation
5. dignity
6. office
7. place

From Arabic دُرَّاج (durrāj).

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ܕܪܓܐ • (darrāḡā, dərāḡā) m (plural ܕܪܓܐ (darrāḡē, dərāḡē))

1. type of bird; francolin, plover, pheasant, partridge, grouse

• “drg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-09
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 70a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 97a–b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 320b