Koran

Koran (plural Korans)

1. Alternative spelling of Qur'an

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^[1], 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.

Borrowed from Czech Korán.

Koran (plural Korans)

1. A surname from Czech.

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

• Koran, Qur'an, Quran, Coran at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Koran”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 338.

• Akron, Ranko, krona, króna

• IPA^(key): /koːˈraːn/, /koːˈrɑn/

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Koran m

1. the Qur'an

• soera

From Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

• IPA^(key): /koˈʁaːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

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

1. (Islam) Qur'an

• 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.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈraːn/

Il-Koran m

1. Qur'an

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ran/

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• Rhymes: -ɔran
• Syllabification: Ko‧ran

Koran m inan

1. (Islam) Qur'an

• Koran in Polish dictionaries at PWN