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درك

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Arabic

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    Etymology 1.1

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    From the root د ر ك (d r k). Cognate with Hebrew דרך (dereḵ) and Aramaic דְּרַךְ (dəraḵ, to tread).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    دَرَك (darakm (plural أَدْرَاك (ʔadrāk))

    1. gendarmerie
    2. (obsolete) stairs, staircase going down
      Synonym: (going up or down) دَرَج (daraj)
    3. path one takes to reach a goal
    4. reaching of a goal
    5. (obsolete) a piece rope attached to the side of a bigger rope
    Declension
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    Declension of noun دَرَك (darak)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal دَرَك
    darak
    الدَّرَك
    ad-darak
    دَرَك
    darak
    nominative دَرَكٌ
    darakun
    الدَّرَكُ
    ad-daraku
    دَرَكُ
    daraku
    accusative دَرَكًا
    darakan
    الدَّرَكَ
    ad-daraka
    دَرَكَ
    daraka
    genitive دَرَكٍ
    darakin
    الدَّرَكِ
    ad-daraki
    دَرَكِ
    daraki
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal دَرَكَيْن
    darakayn
    الدَّرَكَيْن
    ad-darakayn
    دَرَكَيْ
    darakay
    nominative دَرَكَانِ
    darakāni
    الدَّرَكَانِ
    ad-darakāni
    دَرَكَا
    darakā
    accusative دَرَكَيْنِ
    darakayni
    الدَّرَكَيْنِ
    ad-darakayni
    دَرَكَيْ
    darakay
    genitive دَرَكَيْنِ
    darakayni
    الدَّرَكَيْنِ
    ad-darakayni
    دَرَكَيْ
    darakay
    plural basic broken plural triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal أَدْرَاك
    ʔadrāk
    الْأَدْرَاك
    al-ʔadrāk
    أَدْرَاك
    ʔadrāk
    nominative أَدْرَاكٌ
    ʔadrākun
    الْأَدْرَاكُ
    al-ʔadrāku
    أَدْرَاكُ
    ʔadrāku
    accusative أَدْرَاكًا
    ʔadrākan
    الْأَدْرَاكَ
    al-ʔadrāka
    أَدْرَاكَ
    ʔadrāka
    genitive أَدْرَاكٍ
    ʔadrākin
    الْأَدْرَاكِ
    al-ʔadrāki
    أَدْرَاكِ
    ʔadrāki

    Etymology 1.2

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    Noun

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    دَرْك (darkm (plural أَدْرَاك (ʔadrāk))

    1. depth, (literal) rock-bottom
      Antonym: فِرْدَوْس (firdaws)
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:145:
        إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ فِى ٱلدَّرْكِ ٱلْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ نَصِيرًا
        Surely the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire—and you will never find for them any helper.

    Etymology 1.3

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    Verb

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    دَرَّكَ (darraka) II (non-past يُدَرِّكُ (yudarriku), verbal noun تَدْرِيك (tadrīk))

    1. to last, to continue (of periodic rains)
    Conjugation
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    References

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    • "درك" in Doha Institute Historical Dictionary of Arabic

    Ottoman Turkish

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    Noun

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    درك (direk)

    1. Alternative form of دیرك (direk, post, pillar)

    Further reading

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    • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “درك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 2059