Etymology

Qur'an

Today it means: A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book. Full definition →

Arabic الْقُرْآن
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromالْقُرْآن
  2. English todayQur'an

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”).

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