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دَارِجٌ دارج [part. n. of 1, q. v.:] A boy that has begun to walk slowly, and has grown; (Mgh;) a boy in the stage next after the period when he has been weaned. (IAar, TA voce مُطَبِّخٌ, q. v.) ― -b2- Dust (تُرَاب) caused by the wind to cover the traces, or vestiges, of dwellings, and raised, and passed over violently, thereby. (K.) ― -b3- [Also, in the present day, The trilling, or quavering, or the quick, part of a piece of music or of a song or chant: see 4. ― -b4- And Current, or in general use. And hence الدَّارِجُ, or الكَلَامُ الدَّارِجُ, or اللِّسَانُ الدَّارِجُ, The modern speech; i. e. the modern Arabic.]

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