قرآن

See also: قرأن and قزان

Arabic

Alternative forms

Noun

قُرْآن • (qurʔān) m

  1. verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa) (form I); reading, reciting
    Synonym: قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:17-18:
      لا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ / إنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ / فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ / ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ
      Do not move your tongue quickly to hasten to read it. / Its collection and its recitation are on Us, / So when We recite it, follow its recitation. / And its eludication is also on Us.
  2. (uncountable) a piece for reading (for example, a book, a collection or set of passages or readings, and so on)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ء
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قُرْآن (qurʔān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡur.ʔaːn/, [ɡʊr.ʔaːn] (archaic pronunciation)
    • IPA(key): [qʊr.ʔaːn] (common pronunciation)

Noun

قرآن • (gurʔān) m (plural مَصَاحِف (maṣāḥif))

  1. Qur'an

Usage notes

The plural is suppletive, from the plural of مصحف.

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قُرْآن (qurʔān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qur.ʔaːn/

Noun

قرآن • (qurʔān) m (plural قرآنات (qurʔānāt) or قرائن (qrāʔin))

  1. (in the definite) the Qur'an
  2. a copy of the Qur'an
    Synonym: مصحف (muṣḥaf)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

Proper noun

قرآن • (kur'an)

  1. Qur'an

Persian

Dari قرآن
Iranian Persian
Tajik Қуръон

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qʊɾ.ʔɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [qʊr.rɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [qur.rɔːn]

Readings
Classical reading? qur'ān
Dari reading? qur'ān
Iranian reading? ğor'ân
Tajik reading? qurʾon
  • Rhymes: -ân

Proper noun

قُرْآن • (qor'ân)

  1. Qur'an

Descendants

  • Bengali: কুরআন (kuran)
  • Gujarati: કુરાન (kurān)
  • Old Hindi: कुरांन (kurā̃na)
  • Kannada: ಕುರಾನ್ (kurān)
  • Maithili: kurān, korān
    Devanagari script: कुरान, कॊरान
    Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒳𑒩𑒰𑒢, 𑒏𑒽𑒩𑒰𑒢
  • Malayalam: ഖുർആന് (khuṟāṉ)
  • Marathi: कुराण (kurāṇ)
  • Marwari:
    Devanagari script: कुराण (kurāṇ)
    Mahajani script: 𑅕𑅒𑅭𑅢 (kurṇ)
  • Odia: କୁରାନ (kuranô)
  • Old Punjabi: ਕੁਰਾਣੁ (kurāṇu)
    • Punjabi: qurān
      Gurmukhi script: ਕ਼ੁਰਾਨ
      Shahmukhi script: قُرآن
  • Sindhi:
    Arabic script: قُرانُ
    Devanagari script: क़ुरानु
    Khudawadi script: 𑊺𑋩𑋣𑋙𑋠𑋑𑋣 (qurānu)
  • Tamil: குர்ஆன் (kur’āṉ)
  • Telugu: ఖోరాన్ (khōrān)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرآن (qur'ān), from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān). First attested as Old Hindi قرآن (qurān) in 1582 A.D.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qʊɾ.(ʔ)ɑːn/
  • Hyphenation: قُرْ‧آن
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

قُرْآن • (qur-ān) m (Hindi spelling क़ुरआन or क़ुरान)

  1. (Islam) Qur'an

Descendants

Further reading

  • قرآن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “قرآن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 790
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قرآن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 463
  • قرآن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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