English [ edit ] A page of the Qur'an . Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن ( al-qurʔān ) , definite form of قُرْآن ( qurʔān , “ act of reciting ” ) , verbal noun of قَرَأَ ( qaraʔa , “ to recite; to read (aloud) ” ) . (The obsolete alternative spellings with "al- ", like the Alcoran Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ ( qeryānā , “ reading; scripture ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] Proper noun [ edit ] the Qur'an (plural Qur'ans
The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad .
1646 Thomas Browne , Pseudodoxia Epidemica , I.5 :Thus it is not without wonder, how those learned Arabicks so tamely delivered up their belief unto the absurdities of the Alcoran .
1817 Walter Scott , Rob Roy :‘A poor forlorn and ignorant stranger, unacquainted with the very Alcoran of the savage tribe whom you are come to reside among—Never to have heard of Markham, the most celebrated author on farriery!’
1923 December 16, “Gandhi spends his time”, in Time :He reads largely religious books, chiefly the Gita and Upanishads. He has read the Koran and he is now re-reading the Bible.
2011 July 1, Malise Ruthven, The Guardian :In the summer of 2002, responding to the 9/11 atrocity, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made a selection of verses from the Qur'an a mandatory text for new students.
Coordinate terms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] the Islamic holy book
Abkhaz: Аҟәырҟан ( Aqʷʼərqʼan )
Afrikaans: Koran (af)
Albanian: lutjesore (sq) f Kur'ani m ( definite ) , Kur'an m ( indefinite )
Amharic: ቁርአን ( ḳurʾän )
Arabic: الْقُرْآن (ar) m ( al-qurʔān )
Hijazi Arabic: القُرآن m ( al-qurʔān, al-gurʔān )
Aramaic: ܩܘܪܐܢ ( qurʔan )
Armenian: Ղուրան (hy) ( Ġuran )
Assamese: কোৰআন ( küroan )
Asturian: Corán m
Avar: Къуръан ( Qxʼurʔan )
Azerbaijani: Qur’an Quran (az)
Cyrillic: Гур’ан
Bashkir: Ҡөръән ( Qörʺən )
Basque: Koran
Belarusian: Кара́н m ( Karán ) , кара́н m ( karán )
Bengali: কুরআন (bn) ( kuran ) , কোরআন (bn) ( kōran )
Bulgarian: Кора́н m ( Korán ) , кора́н (bg) m ( korán )
Burmese: ကိုရမ်ကျမ်း ( kuiramkyam: ) , ကိုရမ် ( kuiram )
Catalan: Alcorà (ca) m
Chechen: Къуръан ( Qʼurʔan )
Chinese:
Dungan: гўрани ( gwrani ) , гўлан ( gwlan ) , җин ( žin )
Mandarin: 古蘭經 ／ 古兰经 (zh) ( Gǔlánjīng ) , 可蘭經 ／ 可兰经 (zh) ( Kělánjīng )
Chuvash: Коран ( Koran )
Crimean Tatar: Quran
Czech: Korán (cs) m
Danish: koran (da) c
Dhivehi: ކީރިތި ޤުރުއާން ( kīriti quruān̊ ) , ޤުރުއާން ( quruān̊ )
Dongxiang: Ghuragvan Qida
Dutch: de Koran (nl) m Qoer'aan m
Esperanto: Korano
Estonian: Koraan (et)
Faroese: Koranin f
Finnish: Koraani (fi)
French: le Coran (fr) m
Georgian: ყურანი ( q̇urani )
German: Koran (de) m Alkoran m
Greek: Κοράνιο (el) n ( Koránio )
Byzantine Greek: Κουῥάν m ( Kourhán )
Gujarati: કુરાન n ( kurān ) , કુરાણ n ( kurāṇ ) , કોરઆન n ( koraāna ) , કોરાન n ( korān )
Hausa: Alƙur'ani (ha)
Hebrew: הקוראן (he) m ( ha-kurán ) , קוראן / קֻרְאָן (he) m ( kur'án )
Hindi: क़ुरान m ( qurān ) , कुरान (hi) m ( kurān )
Hungarian: Korán (hu)
Icelandic: Kóran m
Indonesian: Al-Qur'an (id) , Al Qur'an
Irish: An Córan m Middle Irish: Acurón m
Italian: Corano m
Japanese: クルアーン (ja) ( kuruān ) , コーラン (ja) ( kōran ) , コラーン (ja) ( korān )
Kannada: ಖುರಾನ್ ( khurān )
Kanuri: Lùwùrân
Karachay-Balkar: Къуран ( Quran )
Karakalpak: Quran
Kashmiri: قُرآن ( qurān )
Kazakh: Құран ( Qūran )
Khmer: កូរ៉ាន ( kouraan )
Korean: 꾸란 (ko) ( kkuran ) , 코란 ( koran )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: قرعان ( qir'an )
Northern Kurdish: Qur'an (ku)
Kyrgyz: Куран ( Kuran )
Lak: Кьуран ( Qʼuran )
Latin: Coranus m Alcoranus m
Latvian: Korāns (lv) m
Lezgi: Къуръан ( Q̄urʾan )
Lithuanian: Koranas m
Macedonian: Ку́ран m ( Kúran ) , Ко́ран (mk) m ( Kóran )
Malay: Quran (ms) , Koran
Malayalam: ഖുർആന് ( khuṟāṉ )
Maori: korana
Marathi: कुराण (mr) n ( kurāṇ )
Mingrelian: ყურანი ( q̇urani )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Коран ( Koran )
Navajo: Kʼowʼan
Nepali: कुरान (ne) ( kurān )
Ngazidja Comorian: Kuräni
Nogai: Куран ( Kuran )
Odia: କୁରାନ ( kuranô )
Ossetian: Хъуыран ( Qwyran )
Ottoman Turkish: قرآن ( kur'ân )
Pashto: قرآن (ps) m ( qor'ān ) , قران (ps) m ( qorān )
Persian:
Classical Persian: قُرْآن (fa) ( qur'ān )
Dari: قُرْآن (fa) ( qur'ān )
Iranian Persian: قُرْآن (fa) ( ğor'ân )
Polish: Koran (pl) m
Portuguese: Corão (pt) m Alcorão (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕੁਰਾਨ ( kurān )
Romanian: Coranul m
Russian: Кора́н (ru) m ( Korán ) , кора́н m ( korán )
Sanskrit: कुरान् ( kurān )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Куран m Кур'ан m
Roman: Kùrān m Kur'an m
Sindhi: قرآن (sd)
Sinhalese: කුරාන් ( kurān )
Slovak: Korán m
Slovene: Koran (sl) m
Spanish: el Corán (es) m Alcorán m
Swahili: Kurani (sw)
Swedish: Koranen (sv)
Tagalog: Qur'an
Tajik: Қуръон ( Qurʾon )
Tamil: திருக்குர்ஆன் (ta) ( tirukkur’āṉ ) , குரான் ( kurāṉ ) , குர்ஆன் ( kur’āṉ )
Tatar: Коръән ( Qorʺän )
Telugu: ఖోరాన్ ( khōrān )
Thai: อัลกุรอาน (th) ( an-gù-rá-aan ) , โกหร่าน (th) ( goo-ràan )
Tibetan: ཁུ་རན་གསུང་རབ ( khu ran gsung rab )
Turkish: Kur'ân Kuran (tr)
Turkmen: Gurhan Cyrillic: Гурхан
Ukrainian: Кора́н m ( Korán ) , кора́н m ( korán )
Urdu: قُرْآن (ur) m ( qur-ān )
Uyghur: قۇرئان (ug) ( qur'an )
Uzbek: Qurʼon Cyrillic: Қуръон ( Qur’on )
Vietnamese: kinh Qur'ankinh Korankinh thánh Hồi giáo
Võro: Koraan
Welsh: Corân
Western Panjabi: قرآن (pnb)
Yakut: Коран ( Koran )
Yiddish: קאָראַן m ( koran ) , קוראַן m ( kuran )
Yoruba: Kùránì
Qur'an (plural Qur'ans
A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of one of the above-mentioned book. Translations [ edit ] See also [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ] 
