sura

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʊə.ɹə/, /ˈsɔː.ɹə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʊ.ɹə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə
• Hyphenation: su‧ra

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

sura (plural suras or suwar)

1. Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
   • 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.

• surah

Via Hindi सुरा (surā, “wine”), ultimately from Sanskrit सुरा (surā).

sura (uncountable)

1. The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm, palm wine.

• asur, -saur, USRA, 'saur, USAR, Ruas, URAs, saur

surâ

1. fish

• IPA^(key): /surə/
• Hyphenation: su‧ra

Borrowed from Old Javanese sura (“god, deity; divine, celestial”), from Sanskrit सुर (sura, “god, divine, deity; idol; thirty-three; sage, learned man; the image of a god, an idol; sun”).

sura (Balinese script ᬲᬸᬭ)

1. deity

Borrowed from Old Javanese surā (“spirituous liquor”), from Sanskrit सुरा (surā, “wine, spirituous liquor”).

sura (Balinese script ᬲᬸᬭᬵ)

1. liquor (alcoholic)

Borrowed from Old Javanese śūra (“valiant, brave, heroic; valiant man, warrior, champion, hero”), from Sanskrit शूर (śūra, “strong, powerful, valiant, heroic, brave”).

sura (Balinese script ᬰᬹᬭ)

1. brave, hero

Unknown.

• Hyphenation: su‧ra

sura

1. then; and then

Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa

sura f (plural sures)

1. (Islam) sura

• “sura”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

sura

1. inflection of surar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Hyphenation: su‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾa/ [ˈs̪u.ɾ̪ɐ]

Unknown.

sura

1. to tease

From Bantayanon sura.

sura

1. (chiefly Bantayan island) then; and then

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

sura c (singular definite suraen, plural indefinite suraer)

1. (Islam) sura

• “sura” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

• IPA^(key): /súː.ràː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [súː.ràː]

sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

1. (Islam) sura

From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

• IPA^(key): /súː.ràː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [súː.ràː]

sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

1. image, picture, form, appearance

• IPA^(key): /sùː.ráː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sùː.ráː]

sū̀r̃ā (grade 3)

1. swoop down to grab something

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

sura m (genitive singular sura)

1. (textiles) surah (soft twilled silk)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sura”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sura”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: sù‧ra

From Latin sūra.

sura f (plural sure)

1. (anatomy) calf

from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

sura f (plural sure)

1. (Islam) sura

sura

1. Rōmaji transcription of すら

sura

1. romanization of ꦱꦸꦫ

Possibly related to sū̆rus (“t-branch, stake”) or from a Proto-Indo-European root common to Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “part of a sacrificial victim”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.ra]

sūra f (genitive sūrae); first declension

1. calf (of the leg)

First-declension noun.

• “sura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ra/

sura f (plural suriet)

1. image
2. picture
3. photograph

sura m (definite singular suraen, indefinite plural suraer, definite plural suraene)

1. alternative form of sure

sura m (definite singular suraen, indefinite plural suraer or suraar, definite plural suraene or suraane)

1. alternative form of sure

Borrowed from Sanskrit सुर (sura, “god, divine, deity; idol; thirty-three; sage, learned man; the image of a god, an idol; sun”).

• IPA^(key): /su.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophones: sura, surā, śūra
• Hyphenation: su‧ra

sura

1. god, deity

sura

1. divine, celestial

• > Javanese: ꦱꦸꦫ (sura) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬲᬸᬭ (sura)

• "sura" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: su‧ra

sura f

1. (Islam) sura

• sura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Probably from Armenian սուր (sur, “sword”).

sura ? (plural sur)

1. sword

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

• IPA^(key): /ˈsura/

sura

1. (Logudorese) alternative form of subra

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “súpra”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Cf. Santali sɛ̃ɽa ("big", "chief").

• IPA^(key): /suɽa/
• IPA^(key): /suɽaː/

sura

1. big

sura

1. big

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾa/ [ˈsu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: su‧ra

sura m (plural suras)

1. sura

• “sura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• Audio (Kenya):

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Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

sura class IX (plural sura class X)

1. chapter
2. sura (chapter of the Qur'an)

Borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

sura class IX (plural sura class X)

1. appearance, look
2. face

   Synonym: uso

• IPA^(key): /²sʉːra/
• Rhymes: -²ʉːra

Derivation of adjective sur.

sura

1. inflection of sur:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

sura (present surar, preterite surade, supine surat, imperative sura)

1. to sulk
   • 1920, August Strindberg, Efterslåtter‎^[1]:

     Vad går du här ensam omkring och surar för? frågade honom en gammal apa, som satt för sig själv och knäckte nötter.

     "Why are you here alone sulking? he was asked by an old monkey, sitting by himself cracking nuts.
     "Most likely he was sulking because she had told him to be ashamed of himself."

   • 2000, Roger Borgelid, Svenska Dagbladet - Människan bakom miljonleendet‎^[2]:

     Det var inte länge sedan [han] framstod som en arrogant diva med taskigt humör, en dålig förlorare som surade över en missad tiometersputt,...

     "It was not long ago that he was seen as an arrogant diva with a bad temper, a poor loser who would sulk if he missed a ten-meterputt, ..."

Past participle is basically non-existent for semantic/pragmatic reasons.

• försura
• syra (“make (more) sour”)

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

sura c

1. sura (chapter of the Qur'an)
   • 2004, Göteborgsposten - Nu skall den ene vara den andres fiende‎^[3]:

     Koranens 21:a sura berättar att Abraham irriterades över sin pappas och dennes underlydandes avgudadyrkan:...

     "The 21st sura of the Qur'an relates that Abraham was irritated by the idolatry of his daddy and his employees:...

• Koranen (“the Qur'an”)

• sura in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sura in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sura in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• rusa

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

sura

1. to count

• Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

sura (plural suralar)

1. (Islam) sura

sura

1. lion

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad