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د ر ش

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily relate to concepts of persistence, begging, and possibly a type of skin or hide. It includes terms for stubbornness, a beggar, and a type of leather, with some debate about the origin of the latter two.

Derived headwords

الدَّرْشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Stubbornness, persistenceclassical

    Stubbornness or persistence in an argument or action. This meaning is attributed to al-Saghani.

الدَّرْوِيشnoun
  1. 1.
    Beggar, mendicantboth

    A poor person who begs or asks for alms. The text notes that Arabs have recently adopted its usage and suggests it might be of Persian origin.

الدَّارِشnoun
  1. 1.
    Leather, hideboth

    A type of leather or hide. It is described as black and possibly of Persian origin, a view shared by Ibn Duraid.

Parallel reading

اللَّجَاجَة، نقله الصاغاني.
Stubbornness, as transmitted by al-Saghani.
ومنه اشتقاق الدرويش، فعليل، منه إن كان عربيا، بمعنى الفقير الشحاذ السائل،
And from this is the derivation of 'darwish', a 'fa'il' pattern, if it is Arabic, meaning a poor person, a beggar, a supplicant,
وقد تلاعبت باستعماله العرب أخيرا، وغالب ظني أنها فارسية،
And Arabs have recently played with its usage, and my strong opinion is that it is Persian,
والدارش: جلد، م، معروف، كما في الصحاح،
And 'al-darish': leather, a known noun, as in al-Sihah,
وزاد في اللسان أسود، قال المصنف: كأنه فارسي الأصل، وهو ظن ابن دريد أيضا.
And al-Lisan added 'black'. The author said: it seems to be of Persian origin, which is also the opinion of Ibn Duraid.