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]

  • Homophone: courão (Brazil)

Proper noun

Corão m

  1. Qur'an (Islamic holy book)
    Synonym: Alcorão
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