Proper noun
(plural Qur'ans)
Origin
From Arabic القÙرْآن (al-qurʾÄn), definite form of Ù‚Ùرْآن (qurʾÄn, “act of reciting"), verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʾa, “to recite; to read (aloud)"). Compare Classical Syriac ܩܪÜÜ¢Ü (qeryÄnÄ, “reading; scripture").
