daraja درجة
Algerian Darja · noun
“daraja” (درجة) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning degree (temperature, angle).
Meanings
- degree (temperature, angle)
- level, rank, quality
Usage
Daraja is used mostly for temperature: "kayen 45 daraja" (it's forty-five degrees). In this sense, many people also simply say "degré" in French. The word is also used for a level of quality: "men daraja 3alya" (of a high level). With a number, it can describe a complete change of attitude: "tbeddel 180 daraja". The plural is darajat. Not to be confused with darja, the name of spoken Algerian Arabic itself, nor with drouj, "stairs".
Example
اليوم السخانة، كاين خمسة وأربعين درجة.
lyoum skhana, kayen khamsa w rb3in daraja.
“Today it's hot, it's forty-five degrees.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “daraja” but also “daradja”, “darja” and “draja”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “daraja” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “degree (temperature)”; “level, rank”: daraja in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “degree (temperature, angle)”; “class (train, plane)”: darja in Tunisian.