Corão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُرْآن (qurʔān, “recitation”), from قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa, “reading, recitation”), from قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to declaim, to recite”), apparently after Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ (qeriānā, “reading; scripture”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [koˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾɐ̃w̃/

• Homophone: courão (Brazil)

Proper noun

Corão m

1. Qur'an (Islamic holy book)

   Synonym: Alcorão

Related terms

• coranista, corânico

Further reading

• “Corão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026