kıraat

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قرائت (ḳırāʾat, “a reading; a reading or reciting the Qur'an in a solemn or artistic manner, (pl. "قرآات") a special method of pronouncing each word of the Qur'an”), from Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa, “reading”), verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to read, to recite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɯ.ɾaːˈat/
• Hyphenation: kı‧ra‧at

Noun

kıraat (definite accusative kıraati, plural kıraatler)

1. (dated) An act of reading or reciting.

   Synonym: okuma

2. (dated, Islam) Reading or reciting the Qur'an according to tajwid and sajawand rules.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kıraat
Definite accusative	kıraati
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kıraat	kıraatler
Definite accusative	kıraati	kıraatleri
Dative	kıraate	kıraatlere
Locative	kıraatte	kıraatlerde
Ablative	kıraatten	kıraatlerden
Genitive	kıraatin	kıraatlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kıraatim kıraatlerim 2nd singular kıraatin kıraatlerin 3rd singular kıraati kıraatleri 1st plural kıraatimiz kıraatlerimiz 2nd plural kıraatiniz kıraatleriniz 3rd plural kıraatleri kıraatleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kıraatimi kıraatlerimi 2nd singular kıraatini kıraatlerini 3rd singular kıraatini kıraatlerini 1st plural kıraatimizi kıraatlerimizi 2nd plural kıraatinizi kıraatlerinizi 3rd plural kıraatlerini kıraatlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kıraatime kıraatlerime 2nd singular kıraatine kıraatlerine 3rd singular kıraatine kıraatlerine 1st plural kıraatimize kıraatlerimize 2nd plural kıraatinize kıraatlerinize 3rd plural kıraatlerine kıraatlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kıraatimde kıraatlerimde 2nd singular kıraatinde kıraatlerinde 3rd singular kıraatinde kıraatlerinde 1st plural kıraatimizde kıraatlerimizde 2nd plural kıraatinizde kıraatlerinizde 3rd plural kıraatlerinde kıraatlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kıraatimden kıraatlerimden 2nd singular kıraatinden kıraatlerinden 3rd singular kıraatinden kıraatlerinden 1st plural kıraatimizden kıraatlerimizden 2nd plural kıraatinizden kıraatlerinizden 3rd plural kıraatlerinden kıraatlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kıraatimin kıraatlerimin 2nd singular kıraatinin kıraatlerinin 3rd singular kıraatinin kıraatlerinin 1st plural kıraatimizin kıraatlerimizin 2nd plural kıraatinizin kıraatlerinizin 3rd plural kıraatlerinin kıraatlerinin

Derived terms

• kıraat etmek
• kıraathane

 

Related terms

• kari
• Kur'an

 

Further reading

• “kıraat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kıraat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2615