Sura

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sura"

English

Proper noun

Sura (plural Suras)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sura is the 21439^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1219 individuals. Sura is most common among White (52.34%), Hispanic/Latino (28.06%), and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.97%) individuals.

Anagrams

• asur, -saur, USRA, 'saur, USAR, Ruas, URAs, saur

Betawi

Alternative forms

• Surè (Urban Jakarta)

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦸꦫ (Sura, “Muharram, Sura”), from Arabic عَاشُورَاء (ʕāšūrāʔ, “tenth, tenth day, notably the tenth day of the month Muharram”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sura/, [suˈra]
• (Urban Jakarta) IPA^(key): [suˈrɛ]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: Su‧ra

Proper noun

Sura (Arab Gundul spelling شوراء)

1. Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar)

See also

Islamic calendar months: bulan almenak Selamedit

• Sura, Sili Haji, Siti Haji
• Sapar
• Mulud
• Seri Mulud, Sili Mulud, Siti Mulud, Madil Mula, Merèntèt Atu, Merèntèt Mula
• Jumadilawal, Madil Tengah, Merèntèt Tengah, Merèntèt Dua, Merèntèt Mula
• Jumadilakir, Madil Pengabisan, Merèntèt Tiga, Merèntèt Pengabisan
• Rejeb
• Roah
• Puasa
• Sawal
• Apit
• Haji, Rayagung

Javanese

Romanization

Sura

1. romanization of ꦱꦸꦫ

Latin

Etymology 1

From sūra (“calf of the leg”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsuː.ra]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.ra]

Proper noun

Sūra m sg (genitive Sūrae); first declension

1. a cognomen used by the gens Licinia, Marcia, and others

   Lucius Licinius Sura

    

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sūra
genitive	Sūrae
dative	Sūrae
accusative	Sūram
ablative	Sūrā
vocative	Sūra

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.ra]

Proper noun

Sura m sg (genitive Surae); first declension

View of the river

1. A tributary river of the Moselle, now the Sûre

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sura
genitive	Surae
dative	Surae
accusative	Suram
ablative	Surā
vocative	Sura

References

• “Sura3”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Sura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Sura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sura/, [ˈsura]
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: Su‧ra

Proper noun

Sura m pers (female equivalent Surová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sura
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Sura	Surovia	Surovci
genitive	Suru	Surov	Surovcov
dative	Surovi	Surom	Surovcom
accusative	Suru	Surov	Surovcov
locative	Surovi	Suroch	Surovcoch
instrumental	Surom	Surami	Surovcami

Further reading

• “Sura”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Sundanese

Etymology

From Javanese ꦱꦸꦫ (Sura, “Muharram, Sura”) from Arabic عَاشُورَاء (ʕāšūrāʔ, “tenth, tenth day, notably the tenth day of the month Muharram”).

Proper noun

Sura (Sundanese script ᮞᮥᮛ)

1. Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar)
2. Sura (the first month of the Javanese calendar)

Synonyms

• Muharom

Coordinate terms

Coordinate terms: Sura, Sapar, Mulud, Silih Mulud, Jumadilawal, Jumadilakhir, Rojab, Rewah, Puasa, Sawal, Hapit, Rayagung