English Explanatory Dictionary

Qur'an

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
noun
  1. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book.

Pronunciation

/kəˈɹɑːn/ /kəˈɹɑn/ /kəˈɹæn/ /koʊˈɹæn/ /kɔˈɹɑn/ en-us-Qur'an.ogg

Word forms

Qur'an the Qur'an Qur'ans Quran Koran Alcoran Alkoran Coran Qoran Qor'an Qorân Qur'ân Qur'ān Qurʾān Ḳurʾān Qurʔān

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān), definite form of قُرْآن (qurʔān, “act of reciting”), verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to recite; to read (aloud)”). (The obsolete alternative spellings with "al-", like the Alcoran, redundantly retained the Arabic definite article.) Compare Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ (qeryānā, “reading; scripture”).

Related words

sharia law

Derived words

Ahle Qura Quran Belt Qur'anic Qur'anically Quranism Qur'anism Quranist Quranite Quraniyoon Quranize Quranologist Quran thumping
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