Qur'an

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

English

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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”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑn/, /kəˈɹæn/, /koʊˈɹæn/, /kɔˈɹɑn/
    • Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

the Qur'an (plural Qur'ans)

  2. (Islam) The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
    • 2011 July 1, Malise Ruthven, “Reading the Qur'an by Ziauddin Sardar – review”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 28 July 2023:
      In the summer of 2002, responding to the 9/11 atrocity, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made a selection of verses from the Qur'an a mandatory text for new students.
    • 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN‎[2], archived from the original on 22 March 2022:
      Classical Arabic – the language of the Qur’an – will make you understood everywhere, but colloquial Arabic may be more useful, because once the locals start conversing with each other, you’ll lose the plot.

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Noun

Qur'an (plural Qur'ans)

  1. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book.

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Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qurˈʔan/ [qurˈʔan]

Proper noun

Qur'an

  2. alternative form of Quran (“Qur'an”) (the Islamic holy book)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān). Doublet of Alkoran and Koran.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuɾˈʔan/ [kʊɾˈʔan̪], /kuˈɾan/ [kʊˈɾan̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: Qur‧'an, Qu‧r'an

Proper noun

Qur'án (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔ or ᜃᜓᜇᜈ᜔) (Islam)

  1. Qur'an (the Islamic holy book)

Further reading

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