Corão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic قُرْآن (qurʾān, recitation), from قِرَاءَة (qirāʾa, reading, recitation), from قَرَأَ (qaraʾa, to declaim, to recite), apparently after Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ (qeriānā, reading; scripture).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
  • Homophone: courão (Brazil)

Proper noun

Corão m

  1. Qur'an (Islamic holy book)

Synonyms

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