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دَرَجَة
degree /ˈda.ra.dʒa/
nounA1#493 most common
Also: grade / mark, step (of stairs), rank / class
Example sentences
الحَرارةُ ثلاثونَ دَرَجَةً.
The temperature is thirty degrees.
حَصَلْتُ على دَرَجَةٍ عاليةٍ في الامتحان.
I got a high grade on the exam.
هذه الدَّرَجَةُ مَكْسورةٌ، فاحْذَرْ عند الصُّعود.
This step is broken, so be careful going up.
تَختَلِفُ دَرَجَةُ حَرارةِ الماءِ باختِلافِ الارتِفاع.
The water's temperature varies with altitude.
نالَ دَرَجةَ الدُّكتوراه بعدَ سنواتٍ من البحثِ المُضْني.
He earned a doctoral degree after years of grueling research.
تُقاسُ الزاويةُ بالدَّرَجاتِ، والدائرةُ الكاملةُ ثلاثُمِئةٍ وستونَ دَرَجَةً.
The angle is measured in degrees, and a full circle is three hundred sixty degrees.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دَرَجَةٌ | دَرَجاتٌ |
| Genitive | دَرَجَةٍ | دَرَجاتٍ |
| Accusative | دَرَجَةً | دَرَجاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا دَرَجَةُ | يا دَرَجاتُ |
Word family
دَرَجَto proceed gradually, to walk
دَرَّجَto grade, to gradate
دَرَجstairs, staircaseمُدَرَّجamphitheater; runway
تَدْرِيجgradation
Etymology
Arabic دَرَجَة comes from the Semitic root د-ر-ج (d-r-j), which carries the sense of proceeding step by step or in stages. The noun names a single step in such a progression, hence a degree, grade, or rank. The same root gives دَرَج (stairs) and تَدْرِيج (gradation).
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