قرآن

See also: قرأن and قزان

Arabic

Alternative forms

• قُرْءَان (qurʔān), قُرْأٰن (qurʔān)

Noun

قُرْآن • (qurʔān) m

1. verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa) (form I); reading, reciting

   Synonym: قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:17-18:

     لا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ / إنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ / فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَٱتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ / ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ

     Do not move your tongue quickly to hasten to read it. / Its collection and its recitation are on Us, / So when We recite it, follow its recitation. / And its eludication is also on Us.

2. (uncountable) a piece for reading (for example, a book, a collection or set of passages or readings, and so on)

Declension

Declension of noun قُرْآن (qurʔān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرْآن qurʔān	الْقُرْآن al-qurʔān	قُرْآن qurʔān
Nominative	قُرْآنٌ qurʔānun	الْقُرْآنُ al-qurʔānu	قُرْآنُ qurʔānu
Accusative	قُرْآنًا qurʔānan	الْقُرْآنَ al-qurʔāna	قُرْآنَ qurʔāna
Genitive	قُرْآنٍ qurʔānin	الْقُرْآنِ al-qurʔāni	قُرْآنِ qurʔāni

Derived terms

• الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قرآن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 827

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ء
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قُرْآن (qurʔān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡur.ʔaːn/, [ɡʊr.ʔaːn] (archaic pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key): [qʊr.ʔaːn] (common pronunciation)

Noun

قرآن • (gurʔān) m (plural مَصَاحِف (maṣāḥif))

1. Qur'an

Usage notes

The plural is suppletive, from the plural of مصحف.

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قُرْآن (qurʔān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qur.ʔaːn/

Noun

قرآن • (qurʔān) m (plural قرآنات (qurʔānāt) or قرائن (qrāʔin))

1. (in the definite) the Qur'an
2. a copy of the Qur'an

   Synonym: مصحف (muṣḥaf)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

Proper noun

قرآن • (kur'an)

1. Qur'an

Persian

Dari	قرآن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Қуръон

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [quɾ.ˈʔɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊɾ.ʔɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊɾ.ʔɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qʊr.rɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qur.rɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qoɹ.ʔɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [quɾ.ʔɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	qur'ān
Dari reading?	qur'ān
Iranian reading?	ğor'ân
Tajik reading?	qurʾon

• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

قُرْآن • (qor'ân)

1. Qur'an

Descendants

• → Bengali: কুরআন (kuran)
• → Gujarati: કુરાન (kurān)
• → Old Hindi: कुरांन (kurāṃna /⁠kurā̃n⁠/)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: क़ुरान (qurān)

    Urdu: قُرْآن (qur-ān)

    • → New Sanskrit: कुरान (kurāna), कुराण (kurāṇa)

• → Kannada: ಕುರಾನ್ (kurān)
• → Maithili: kurān, korān

  Devanagari script: कुरान, कॊरान

  Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒳𑒩𑒰𑒢, 𑒏𑒽𑒩𑒰𑒢

• → Malayalam: ഖുർആന് (khuṟāṉ)
• → Marathi: कुराण (kurāṇ)
• → Marwari: kurāṇ

  Devanagari script: कुराण (kurāṇ)

  Mahajani script: 𑅕𑅒𑅭𑅢 (kurṇ /⁠kurāṇ⁠/)

• → Odia: କୁରାନ (kurāna)
• → Old Punjabi: ਕੁਰਾਣੁ (kurāṇu)
  • Punjabi: qurān

    Gurmukhi script: ਕ਼ੁਰਾਨ

    Shahmukhi script: قُرآن

• → Sindhi: qurānu

  Arabic script: قُرانُ

  Devanagari script: क़ुरानु

  Khudabadi script: 𑊺𑋩𑋣𑋙𑋠𑋑𑋣

• → Tamil: குர்ஆன் (kur’āṉ)
• → Telugu: ఖోరాన్ (khōrān)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرآن (qur'ān), from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān). First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi कुरांन (kurāṃna /⁠kurā̃n⁠/) / قرآن (qrān /⁠qurān⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qʊɾ.(ʔ)ɑːn/
• Hyphenation: قُرْ‧آن
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

قُرْآن • (qur-ān) m (Hindi spelling क़ुरआन or क़ुरान)

1. (Islam) Qur'an

Descendants

• → New Sanskrit: कुरान (kurāna), कुराण (kurāṇa)

Further reading

• “قرآن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “قرآن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 790
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قرآن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 463
• “قرآن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.