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 (tʿuraǰ), թուռաճ (tʿuṙač) (via Turkic)
    • → Azerbaijani: turac
    • → Chagatai: توراج‎ (turaj)
    • → Georgian: დურაჯი (duraǯi), დურეჯი (dureǯi), თურაჯი (turaǯi), თურეჯი (tureǯi)
    • → 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, Hračʿeay (1971), “դուռէճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 684b
  • Fīrūzābādī (1834) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt‎, volume I, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, 2nd edition, Constantinople, page 397
  • Greppin, John A. C. (1985), “Some Further Comments on Armenian Bird Names”, in Annual of Armenian linguistics‎, issue 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

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /duɾˈɾɔd͡ʒ/

Noun

دراج • (dorrâj)

  1. francolin

Descendants

  • → Armenian: թուրաջ (tʿuraǰ), թուռաճ (tʿuṙač) (via Turkic)
  • → Azerbaijani: turac
  • → Chagatai: توراج‎ (turaj)
  • → Georgian: დურაჯი (duraǯi), დურეჯი (dureǯi), თურაჯი (turaǯi), თურეჯი (tureǯi)
  • → 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, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 819b
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