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Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, chapter of the Qur'an).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

sura (plural suras or suwar)

  1. Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
Translations edit

Etymology 2 edit

Via Hindi सुरा (surā, wine), ultimately from Sanskrit सुरा (surā).

Noun edit

sura (uncountable)

  1. The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm, palm wine.

Anagrams edit

Alangan edit

Noun edit

surâ

  1. fish

Balinese edit

Romanization edit

sura

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬸᬭ
  2. Romanization of ᬲᬸᬭᬵ
  3. Romanization of ᬰᬹᬭ

Bantayanon edit

Etymology edit

Unknown.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: su‧ra

Adverb edit

sura

  1. then; and then

Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, chapter of the Qur'an).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sura f (plural sures)

  1. (Islam) sura
Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

sura

  1. inflection of surar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: su‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈsuɾa/, [ˈs̪u.ɾ̪ʌ]

Etymology 1 edit

Unknown.

Verb edit

sura

  1. to tease

Etymology 2 edit

From Bantayanon sura.

Noun edit

sura

  1. (chiefly Bantayan island) then; and then

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, chapter of the Qur'an).

Noun edit

sura c (singular definite suraen, plural indefinite suraer)

  1. (Islam) sura

Declension edit

References edit

Hausa edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, chapter of the Qur'an).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /súː.ràː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [súː.ràː]

Noun edit

sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

  1. (Islam) sura

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /súː.ràː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [súː.ràː]

Noun edit

sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

  1. image, picture, form, appearance

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sùː.ráː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sùː.ráː]

Verb edit

sū̀r̃ā (grade 3)

  1. swoop down to grab something

Irish edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

sura m (genitive singular sura)

  1. (textiles) surah (soft twilled silk)

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sura shura
after an, tsura
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Hyphenation: sù‧ra

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin sūra.

Noun edit

sura f (plural sure)

  1. (anatomy) calf

Etymology 2 edit

from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, chapter of the Qur'an).

Noun edit

sura f (plural sure)

  1. (Islam) sura

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

sura

  1. Rōmaji transcription of すら

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Possibly related to sū̆rus (t-branch, stake) or from a Proto-Indo-European root common to Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, part of a sacrificial victim).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sūra f (genitive sūrae); first declension

  1. calf (of the leg)

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sūra sūrae
Genitive sūrae sūrārum
Dative sūrae sūrīs
Accusative sūram sūrās
Ablative sūrā sūrīs
Vocative sūra sūrae

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “sura”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 634

Maltese edit

Root
s-w-r
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sura f (plural suriet)

  1. image
  2. picture
  3. photograph

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

sura m (definite singular suraen, indefinite plural suraer, definite plural suraene)

  1. Alternative form of sure

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

sura m (definite singular suraen, indefinite plural suraer or suraar, definite plural suraene or suraane)

  1. Alternative form of sure

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, chapter of the Qur'an).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ura
  • Syllabification: su‧ra

Noun edit

sura f

  1. (Islam) sura

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • sura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani edit

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Etymology edit

Probably from Armenian սուր (sur, sword).

Noun edit

sura ? (plural sur)

  1. sword

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Sardinian edit

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

sura

  1. (Logudorese) Alternative form of subra

References edit

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “súpra”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuɾa/ [ˈsu.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -uɾa
  • Syllabification: su‧ra

Noun edit

sura m (plural suras)

  1. sura

Further reading edit

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, chapter of the Qur'an).

Noun edit

sura (n class, plural sura)

  1. chapter
  2. sura (chapter of the Qur'an)

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Noun edit

sura (n class, plural sura)

  1. appearance, look
  2. face
    Synonym: uso

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Derivation of adjective sur.

Adjective edit

sura

  1. inflection of sur:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Verb edit

sura (present surar, preterite surade, supine surat, imperative sura)

  1. to sulk
    • 1920, August Strindberg, Efterslåtter[1]:
      Vad går du här ensam omkring och surar för? frågade honom en gammal apa, som satt för sig själv och knäckte nötter.
      "Why are you here alone sulking? he was asked by an old monkey, sitting by himself cracking nuts.
      "Most likely he was sulking because she had told him to be ashamed of himself."
    • 2000, Roger Borgelid, Svenska Dagbladet - Människan bakom miljonleendet[2]:
      Det var inte länge sedan [han] framstod som en arrogant diva med taskigt humör, en dålig förlorare som surade över en missad tiometersputt,...
      "It was not long ago that he was seen as an arrogant diva with a bad temper, a poor loser who would sulk if he missed a ten-meterputt, ..."
Usage notes edit

Past participle is basically non-existent for semantic/pragmatic reasons.

Conjugation edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, chapter of the Qur'an).

Noun edit

sura c

  1. sura (chapter of the Qur'an)
    • 2004, Göteborgsposten - Nu skall den ene vara den andres fiende[3]:
      Koranens 21:a sura berättar att Abraham irriterades över sin pappas och dennes underlydandes avgudadyrkan:...
      "The 21st sura of the Qur'an relates that Abraham was irritated by the idolatry of his daddy and his employees:...
Declension edit
Declension of sura 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sura suran suror surorna
Genitive suras surans surors surornas
See also edit

References edit

Anagrams edit

Tetum edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb edit

sura

  1. to count

Further reading edit

  • Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Uzbek edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, chapter of the Qur'an).

Noun edit

Other scripts
Cyrillic сура (sura)
Latin sura
Perso-Arabic

sura (plural suralar)

  1. (Islam) sura

Declension edit

Zaghawa edit

Noun edit

sura

  1. lion

References edit