درك

See also: درک

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.rak/

Noun

دَرَك • (darak) m (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

Noun

دَرْك • (dark) m (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.

References

  • "درك" in Doha Institute Historical Dictionary of Arabic

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

درك • (direk)

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

Further reading

  • 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, Vienna, column 2059
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