surah

See also: şurah

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Etymology 1

Noun

surah (plural surahs or suwar)

  1. Alternative spelling of sura (“chapter of Quran”).

Etymology 2

Noun

surah (countable and uncountable, plural surahs)

  1. soft twilled silk

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

surah m (plural surahs)

  1. surah (material)

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay surah, from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsurah]
  • Hyphenation: su‧rah

Noun

surah (plural surah-surah)

  1. (Islam) sura: any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an
    Synonym: surat

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”). Attested in 1901.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Arabic-based) IPA(key): /ˈsurɔh/ [ˈsu.rɔh]
    • Rhymes: -rɔh, -ɔh
  • (spelling-based, uncommon) IPA(key): /ˈsurah/ [ˈsu.rah]
    • Rhymes: -rah, -ah
  • Hyphenation: su‧rah

Noun

surah (Jawi spelling سورة, plural surah-surah or surah2)

  1. (Islam) sura

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: surah (inherited)

References

  1. ^ R[ichard] J[ames] Wilkinson (1901), “surah”, in A Malay–English Dictionary, part I (Alif to Za), Singapore: Printed and published by Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 32, Raffles Place, and at Hongkong, Shanghai and Yokohama, →OCLC, page 429, column 1: “سوره surah. Arab. One of the 114 subdivisions of the Koran: Muj., 5.”

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsuɾa/ [ˈsuː.ɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: su‧rah

Noun

surah (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇ)

  1. alternative spelling of sura (“chapter of Quran”)
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