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Quran

Qu-ran′

(kụ-rän′)

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Definition 2024

Quran

Quran

See also: Qu'ran, Qur'an, Qur'ân, and Qur'ān

English

Proper noun

Quran ‎(plural Qurans)

Alternative form of Qur'an

Malay

Quran

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقُرْآن ‎(al-qurʾān), definite form of قُرْآن ‎(qurʾān, “act of reciting”), verbal noun of قَرَأَ ‎(qaraʾa, “to recite; to read (aloud)”). Compare Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ ‎(qeryānā, “reading; scripture”).

Alternative forms

قرءان

Pronunciation

(Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /qurˈʔan/

Noun

Quran ‎(Jawi spelling قرءان)

Qur'an