قرآن

See also: قرأن‎ and قزان‎

Arabic

Alternative forms

• قرءان‎

Noun

قُرْآن • (qurʾān) m

1. verbal noun of قَرَأَ‎ (qaraʾa) (form I); reading, reciting

   Synonym: قِرَاءَة‎ (qirāʾa)

   • 609–632 C.E., 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

Declension of noun قُرْآن (qurʾān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرْآن qurʾān	الْقُرْآن‎ al-qurʾān	قُرْآن qurʾān
Nominative	قُرْآنٌ qurʾānun	الْقُرْآنُ‎ al-qurʾānu	قُرْآنُ qurʾānu
Accusative	قُرْآنًا‎ qurʾānan	الْقُرْآنَ‎ al-qurʾāna	قُرْآنَ qurʾāna
Genitive	قُرْآنٍ qurʾānin	الْقُرْآنِ‎ al-qurʾāni	قُرْآنِ qurʾāni

Derived terms

• الْقُرْآن‎ (al-qurʾān)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) , “قرآن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 827

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Mozarabic

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic قرآن‎, from Arabic قرآن‎.

Noun

قرآن (qurán) m

1. Qur'an

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقُرْآن‎ (al-qurʾān).

Proper noun

قرآن • (kur'an)

1. Qur'an

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Persian

Dari Persian	قرآن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Қуръон (Qurʾon)

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقُرْآن‎ (al-qurʾān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /quɾʔɑːn/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /qʊɾʔɒːn/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɢoɾʔɒːn/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /quɾʔɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ân

Proper noun

قرآن • (qor'ân)

1. Qur'an

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقُرْآن‎ (al-qurʾān).

Noun

قرآن • (qur'ān) m (Hindi spelling क़ुरान)

1. Qur'an