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 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

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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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قُرْآن‎ (qurʾān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡur.ʔaːn/, [ɡʊr.ʔaːn] (archaic pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key): [qʊr.ʔaːn] (common pronunciation after the 20th century)

Noun

قرآن • (qurʾān, gurʾān) m (plural مَصَاحِف‎ (maṣāḥif))

1. Qur'an

Usage notes

The plural is suppletive, from the plural of مصحف‎.

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قُرْآن‎ (qurʾān).

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)

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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	قرآن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Қуръон (Qurʾon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن‎ (al-qurʾān).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /qʊɾʔɑːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɢoɾʔɒːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /quɾʔɔn/

• Rhymes: -ân

Proper noun

قرآن • (qor'ân)

1. Qur'an

Descendants

• → Bengali: কুরআন (kur-an)
• → Gujarati: કુરાન (kurān)
• → Old Hindi: कुरांन (kurā̃na)
  • Hindustani: qurān

    Hindi: क़ुरान

    Urdu: قُرْآن‎

    • → New Sanskrit: कुरान (kurāna), कुराण (kurāṇa)

• → Kannada: ಕುರಾನ್ (kurān)
• → Maithili: kurān, korān

  Devanagari: कुरान, कॊरान

  Tirhuta: 𑒏𑒳𑒩𑒰𑒢, 𑒏𑒽𑒩𑒰𑒢

• → Malayalam: ഖുർആൻ (khuṟāṉ)
• → Marathi: कुराण (kurāṇ)
• → Marwari:

  Devanagari: कुराण (kurāṇ)

  Mahajani: 𑅕𑅒𑅭𑅢 (kurṇ)

• → Oriya: କୁରାନ (kuranô)
• → Old Punjabi: ਕੁਰਾਣੁ (kurāṇu)
  • Punjabi: qurān

    Gurmukhi: ਕ਼ੁਰਾਨ

    Shahmukhi: قُرآن‎

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic: قُرانُ‎

  Devanagari: क़ुरानु

  Khudawadi: 𑊺𑋩𑋣𑋙𑋠𑋑𑋣 (qurānu)

• → Tamil: குர்ஆன் (kur’āṉ)
• → Telugu: ఖోరాన్ (khōrān)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرآن‎ (qur'ān), from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن‎ (al-qurʾān). First attested as Old Hindi कुरांन (kurā̃n).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. (Islam) Qur'an

Descendants

• → New Sanskrit: कुरान (kurāna), कुराण (kurāṇa)

Further reading

• “قرآن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (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 Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.