qiraah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈraah/
• Rhymes: -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: qi‧ra‧ah

Noun

qiraah (plural qiraah-qiraah, first-person possessive qiraahku, second-person possessive qiraahmu, third-person possessive qiraahnya)

1. (Islam) reading:
   1. an event at which written material is read aloud.

      Synonym: pembacaan

   2. a piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.

      Synonym: bacaan

Alternative forms

• kiraah,
• kiraat

Further reading

• “qiraah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.