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Qur⋅ʾan

  [koo-rahn, -ran]
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–noun
Koran.
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Ko⋅ran

  [kuh-rahn, -ran, kaw-, koh-]
–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

Related forms:
Ko⋅ran⋅ic  [kuh-ran-ik, kaw-, koh-] , adjective
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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.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

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

Quran 
1876, variant spelling (preferred by scholars) of Koran (q.v.), from Arabic qur'an, lit. "book, reading, recitation," from qara'a "to read."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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