suwar

English

Etymology

From the Arabic سُوَر‎ (suwar), the plural form of سُورَة‎ (sūra), whence sura.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsʊwaɹ/

Noun

suwar

  1. plural of sura
    • 1985, Kristina Nelson, The Art of Reciting the Qurʾan, Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press (2001), →ISBN, chapter 2: “Tajwīd”, page 25:
      Most of these essentially uninflected syllables (CV̄C) are names of the letters of the alphabet and introduce some of the suwar of the Qurʾanic text.

Tiruray

Noun

suwar

  1. thorn
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