د ر جd-r-j
(ن) دَرَجَ يَدْرُجُ دُرُوْجًاdaraja yadruju durūjan: to climb stairs, to walk slowly.
دَرَجَةٌdarajah pl. دَرَجٰتٌdarajāt: a step of a staircase, elevation, rank. ﴿هُمْ دَرَجٰتٌ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ﴾ (Āl ʿImrān 3:163); ﴿وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:228)
Form VII (infiʿāl) اِنْدَرَجَ يَنْدَرِجُ اِنْدِرَاجًاindaraja yandariju indirājan: to fall within the scope of something; to be included in it (this verb is not used in the Quran).
Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَدْرَجَ يَسْتَدْرِجُ اِسْتِدْرَاجًاistadraja yastadriju istidrājan: to lead on gradually (step by step). ﴿سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:182)