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decanus
دريجان darīǧān
n. dryǧān – ‘darīǧān’ (technical term of astrol.: a section of a tripartite division of a sign) show/hide quotes-
Alcab. diff. IV, li. 249: ab initio Arietis usque in decimo gradu eius dorungen, id est decanus, est Mars
Yama.: ما بين أوّله [sc. الحمل] إلى عشر درج فيكون دريجانه المرّيخ
- 1 Alcab.
The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.
See EIr s.v. ‘horoscope’. For the doctrine of darīǧān see chapter V.16 in Albu. Intro. JS.