Meanings
suwar1
noun
- pluralplural of sura
Most of these essentially uninflected syllables (CV̄C) are names of the letters of the alphabet and introduce some of the suwar of the Qurʾanic text.
1985, Kristina Nelson, The Art of Reciting the Qurʾan, Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press (2001), chapter 2: “Tajwīd”, page 25
suwar2
Origin
- Arabicسُوَر
- Englishsuwar
From the Arabic سُوَر (suwar), the plural form of سُورَة (sūra), whence sura.
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