Corão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُرْآن‎ (qurʔān, “recitation”), from قِرَاءَة‎ (qirāʔa, “reading, recitation”), from قَرَأَ‎ (qaraʔa, “to declaim, to recite”), apparently after Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ‎ (qeriānā, “reading; scripture”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [koˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾɐ̃w̃/

Homophone: courão (Brazil)

Proper noun

Corão m

Qur'an (Islamic holy book)
Synonym: Alcorão

Related terms

coranista, corânico

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