Koran

See also: Appendix:Variations of "koran"

English

Noun

Koran (plural Korans)

  1. Alternative spelling of Qur'an

Proper noun

the Koran

  1. Alternative spelling of Qur'an
    • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:
      The state bed of Sobieski, King of Poland, was made of Smyrna gold brocade embroidered in turquoises with verses from the Koran.
    • 2015 June 22, Ben Blanchard, “Exiles angered as China holds beer festival in Muslim county”, in Paul Tait, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 17 August 2019, Emerging Markets:
      The beer festival happened in a village in Niya County in the deep south of Xinjiang, which is overwhelmingly populated by the Muslim Uighur people who call Xinjiang home. Muslims are not meant to consume alcohol, according to the Koran.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech Korán.

Proper noun

Koran (plural Korans)

  1. A surname from Czech.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Koran is the 27144th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 892 individuals. Koran is most common among White (94.96%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːˈraːn/, /koːˈrɑn/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Koran m

  1. the Qur'an

Meronyms

German

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈʁaːn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Koran m (strong, genitive Korans or Koran, plural Korane)

  1. (Islam) Qur'an

Usage notes

  • The word refers to the Qur'an both as an abstract term and as a book copy. In the former sense, it is always preceded by the definite article: der Koran.
  • In contrast to English usage, the spelling Koran remains the only one commonly used in German. The Arabised spelling Qur'an or Qur'ân is occasionally used in Islamic religious writing, but is otherwise rare and generally nonstandard.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Koranabschnitt
  • Koranforschung
  • Korangebot
  • koranisch
  • Korankunde
  • korankundig
  • Koranlehrer
  • Koranlektüre
  • Koranschule
  • Koranspruch
  • Koranstudium
  • Koransure
  • Koranverständnis

Further reading

  • Koran” in Duden online
  • Koran” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Corano, from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān). Related with inherited Maltese qara (to read). The inherited form would have been *qran.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔˈraːn/

Proper noun

Il-Koran m

  1. Qur'an

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ran/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔran
  • Syllabification: Ko‧ran

Proper noun

Koran m inan

  1. (Islam) Qur'an

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • Koran in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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