Borrowed from Arabicالْقُرْآن(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, redundantly retained the Arabic definite article.) Compare Classical Syriacܩܪܝܢܐ(qeryānā, “reading; scripture”).
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑːn/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑn/, /kəˈɹæn/, /koʊˈɹæn/, /kɔˈɹɑn/
‘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, "Gandhi spends his time", Time, 16 Dec 1923:
He reads largely religious books, chiefly the Gita and Upanishads. He has read the Koran and he is now re-reading the Bible.
2011, Malise Ruthven, The Guardian, 1 Jul 2011:
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.
Kurmanji: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.