درقة

Arabic

Etymology

From the Middle Persian equivalent to Persian دریچه (dariče, “panel, pane; window, lid, cover for an opening”, literally “little door”), from در (dar, “door”) + ـچه (-če, diminutive suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (compare ترس (t-r-s), from the same root but via Greek). Compare also Gulf Arabic دريشة (darīša, “window”) and Swahili dirisha (“window, opening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ra.qa/

Noun

دَرَقَة • (daraqa) f (plural دَرَق (daraq) or دِرَاق (dirāq) or أَدْرَاق (ʔadrāq))

1. shield (usually of leather)
   • c. 1346, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, الفروسية [Horsemanship]‎^[1]:

     لَا يَتَمَكَّنُ صَاحِبُكَ مِن حَمْلِكَ مَعَ تُرْسٍ وَلَا دَرَقَةٍ وَلَا تَرْكَاشٍ وَلَا شَيْءٍ مِن أَنْوَاعِ السَلَاحِ

     lā yatamakkanu ṣāḥibuka min ḥamlika maʿa tursin wa-lā daraqatin wa-lā tarkāšin wa-lā šayʾin min ʾanwāʿi s-salāḥi

     Your companion cannot bear you with a scutum and not with a leather shield and not with a quiver and not with any kind of weapon.

2. skullcap, Scutellaria barbata

Declension

Declension of noun دَرَقَة (daraqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرَقَة daraqa	الدَّرَقَة ad-daraqa	دَرَقَة daraqat
Nominative	دَرَقَةٌ daraqatun	الدَّرَقَةُ ad-daraqatu	دَرَقَةُ daraqatu
Accusative	دَرَقَةً daraqatan	الدَّرَقَةَ ad-daraqata	دَرَقَةَ daraqata
Genitive	دَرَقَةٍ daraqatin	الدَّرَقَةِ ad-daraqati	دَرَقَةِ daraqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرَقَتَيْن daraqatayn	الدَّرَقَتَيْن ad-daraqatayn	دَرَقَتَيْ daraqatay
Nominative	دَرَقَتَانِ daraqatāni	الدَّرَقَتَانِ ad-daraqatāni	دَرَقَتَا daraqatā
Accusative	دَرَقَتَيْنِ daraqatayni	الدَّرَقَتَيْنِ ad-daraqatayni	دَرَقَتَيْ daraqatay
Genitive	دَرَقَتَيْنِ daraqatayni	الدَّرَقَتَيْنِ ad-daraqatayni	دَرَقَتَيْ daraqatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرَق‎; دِرَاق‎; أَدْرَاق daraq‎; dirāq‎; ʔadrāq	الدَّرَق‎; الدِّرَاق‎; الْأَدْرَاق ad-daraq‎; ad-dirāq‎; al-ʔadrāq	دَرَق‎; دِرَاق‎; أَدْرَاق daraq‎; dirāq‎; ʔadrāq
Nominative	دَرَقٌ‎; دِرَاقٌ‎; أَدْرَاقٌ daraqun‎; dirāqun‎; ʔadrāqun	الدَّرَقُ‎; الدِّرَاقُ‎; الْأَدْرَاقُ ad-daraqu‎; ad-dirāqu‎; al-ʔadrāqu	دَرَقُ‎; دِرَاقُ‎; أَدْرَاقُ daraqu‎; dirāqu‎; ʔadrāqu
Accusative	دَرَقًا‎; دِرَاقًا‎; أَدْرَاقًا daraqan‎; dirāqan‎; ʔadrāqan	الدَّرَقَ‎; الدِّرَاقَ‎; الْأَدْرَاقَ ad-daraqa‎; ad-dirāqa‎; al-ʔadrāqa	دَرَقَ‎; دِرَاقَ‎; أَدْرَاقَ daraqa‎; dirāqa‎; ʔadrāqa
Genitive	دَرَقٍ‎; دِرَاقٍ‎; أَدْرَاقٍ daraqin‎; dirāqin‎; ʔadrāqin	الدَّرَقِ‎; الدِّرَاقِ‎; الْأَدْرَاقِ ad-daraqi‎; ad-dirāqi‎; al-ʔadrāqi	دَرَقِ‎; دِرَاقِ‎; أَدْرَاقِ daraqi‎; dirāqi‎; ʔadrāqi

Derived terms

• دَرَقِيّ (daraqiyy, “shield-shaped; thyroidal”)

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: دَرْقَة (darqa)
  • → Catalan: darga
  • → Portuguese: adarga
  • → Spanish: adarga

See also

• Scutellaria barbata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scutellaria barbata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Scutellaria barbata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “درقة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 24
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “درقة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 872