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Ko·ran    Audio Help   [kuh-rahn, -ran, kaw-, koh-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
Also, Qurʾan.


[Origin: 1615–25; < Ar qur'ān book, reading, akin to qara'a to read, recite]

Ko·ran·ic    Audio Help   [kuh-ran-ik, kaw-, koh-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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Ko·ran or Qur·'an    Audio Help   (kə-rān', -rän', kô-, kō-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The sacred text of Islam, considered by Muslims to contain the revelations of God to Muhammad. Also called Alcoran.


[Arabic (al-)qur'ān, (the) reading, recitation, Koran, from qara'a, to read, recite; see qr in Semitic roots.]

Ko·ran'ic adj.
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Koran 
1615, from Arabic qur'an "a reading, recitation, book," from root of quara-a "he read, recited."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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koran

noun
the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina 

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Koran [koˈraːn, (American) kou-] noun
the holy book of the Muslims
Arabic: القُرآن
Chinese (Simplified): (伊斯兰教)可兰经
Chinese (Traditional): (伊斯蘭教)可蘭經
Czech: korán
Danish: Koranen
Dutch: koran
Estonian: koraan
Finnish: koraani
French: Coran
German: der Koran
Greek: Κοράνι
Hungarian: Korán
Icelandic: kóraninn
Indonesian: Al Quran
Italian: Corano
Japanese: コーラン
Korean: 코란
Latvian: Korāns
Lithuanian: Koranas
Norwegian: Koranen
Polish: Koran
Portuguese (Brazil): alcorão
Portuguese (Portugal): Corão
Romanian: Coran
Russian: коран
Slovak: Korán
Slovenian: koran
Spanish: Corán, Alcorán
Swedish: Koranen
Turkish: Kur'an, Kur'an-ı Kerim
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Koran [(kuh-ran, kuh-rahn)]

The sacred book of Islam. Muslims believe that the teachings of the Koran were revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad.


[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion


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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Koran

Al"co*ran\ (?; 277), n. [alcoran, fr. Ar. al-qor[=a]n, orig. the reading, the book, fr. qaraa to read. Cf. Koran.] The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [Spelt also Alkoran.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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