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
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

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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