skybook
English
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editEtymology
editFrom sky + book. Also Calque of Urdu آسمانی کتاب (asmānī kitāb, “heavenly book”), a popular term used in Pakistan for the Quran.
Referring to the belief that the Quran was first revealed by an angel to Muhammad, a prophet in Islam, so it is considered as a book from Heaven.
Noun
editskybook (plural skybooks)
- (India, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive, Islam, religious slur) the Qur'an.
- (India, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive, Christianity, religious slur, less often by extension) the Bible.
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editSee also
edit- peaceful (derogatory, referring to a Muslim)
- desert cult (derogatory, related to Islam)
- buybull (US slang, derogatory slang for the Christian Bible)