Definitions for korankəˈrɑn, -ˈræn, kɔ-, koʊ-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Ko•rankəˈrɑn, -ˈræn, kɔ-, koʊ-(n.)
the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
Category: Eastern Religions
Ref: Often, Qur'an.
Origin of Koran:
1615–25; < Ar qur'ān book, akin to qara'a to read, recite
Ko•ran′ic(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book(noun)
the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
Koran(noun)əˈrɑn, -ˈræn, kɔ-, koʊ-
the Islamic holy book
Wiktionary
koran(Noun)
(The Islamic holy book/bible)
Webster Dictionary
Koran(noun)
the Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Korân
the Bible of the Mohammedans, accepted among them as "the standard of all law and all practice; thing to be gone upon in speculation and life; it is read through in the mosques daily, and some of their doctors have read it 70,000 times, and hard reading it is"; it contains the teaching of Mahomet, collected by his disciples after his death, and arranged the longest chapters first and the shortest, which were the earliest, last; a confused book.
Translations for koran
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
Koran(noun)
the holy book of the Muslims.
- KoranAfrikaans
- القُرآنArabic
- КоранBulgarian
- CorãoPortuguese (BR)
- koránCzech
- der KoranGerman
- KoranenDanish
- ΚοράνιGreek
- Corán, AlcoránSpanish
- koraanEstonian
- قرآن مجیدFarsi
- KoraaniFinnish
- CoranFrench
- קוֹראָןHebrew
- कुरान शरीफHindi
- KuranCroatian
- KoránHungarian
- Al QuranIndonesian
- kóraninnIcelandic
- CoranoItalian
- コーランJapanese
- 코란(회교의 경전)Korean
- KoranasLithuanian
- KorānsLatvian
- QuranMalay
- koranDutch
- KoranenNorwegian
- KoranPolish
- قرآن مجیدPersian
- قرآن شريفPashto
- CorãoPortuguese
- CoranRomanian
- коранRussian
- KoránSlovak
- koranSlovenian
- KuranSerbian
- KoranenSwedish
- คัมภีร์กุรอ่านThai
- Kur'an, Kur'an-ı KerimTurkish
- (伊斯蘭教)可蘭經Chinese (Trad.)
- КоранUkrainian
- قرآن مجیدUrdu
- kinh KoranVietnamese
- （伊斯兰教）可兰经Chinese (Simp.)
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