Koran

See also: Appendix:Variations of "koran"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Koran (plural Korans)

1. Alternative spelling of Qur'an

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• Koranesque
• Koranic
• Koranology

 

Translations

the Islamic holy book — see Qur'an

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech Korán.

Proper noun

Koran (plural Korans)

1. A surname from Czech.

Statistics

• 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.

Further reading

• 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.

Anagrams

• Akron, Ranko, krona, króna

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːˈraːn/, /koːˈrɑn/

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Proper noun

Koran m

1. the Qur'an

Meronyms

• soera

German

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈʁaːn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

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

1. (Islam) Qur'an

Usage notes

• 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.

Declension

Declension of Koran [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Koran	die	Korane
genitive	eines	des	Korans, Koran	der	Korane
dative	einem	dem	Koran	den	Koranen
accusative	einen	den	Koran	die	Korane

Derived terms

• Koranabschnitt
• Koranforschung
• Korangebot
• koranisch
• Korankunde
• korankundig
• Koranlehrer
• Koranlektüre
• Koranschule
• Koranspruch
• Koranstudium
• Koransure
• Koranverständnis

 

Further reading

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

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈraːn/

Proper noun

Il-Koran m

1. Qur'an

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

Proper noun

Koran m inan

1. (Islam) Qur'an

Declension

Declension of Koran

	singular
nominative	Koran
genitive	Koranu
dative	Koranowi
accusative	Koran
instrumental	Koranem
locative	Koranie
vocative	Koranie

Derived terms

adjective

• koraniczny

 

Further reading

• Koran in Polish dictionaries at PWN