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Definition: Quran |
QuranNoun1. Sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina; divided into 114 chapters. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Quran" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonym: QuranSynonym: Koran (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Quran |
| Non-English Usage: "Quran" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Indonesian (koran). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Egypt | On May 6, the Islamic Research Center called for the banning from circulation of two books, "The Woes of Toads," by Alaa Hamed and "A Call to Think About the Quran and the Hadith," by Ibrahim Abu Khalil. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Quran" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Quran" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Quran"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قران (Koran). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | koran (Koran). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | korán (abortively, alcoran, betimes, early, koran, untimely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengajian (recitation of the Quran). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anquray Коран. (various references) kuran. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 19, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Exhlqen de lwt proV autouV proV to proquron thn de quran prosewxen opisw autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Egressus ad eos Loth post tergum adcludens ostium ait |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Loð ða eode on utan þæt he mid him spræc ond betynode duru æfter hine |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Loth gon oute to hem bihynde the rigge, and tyndynge to the dore, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Lot went out at doores vnto them and shote the dore after him |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Lot went out at the door to them, and shut the door after him, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 19, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Unya si Lot migula sa pultahan ngadto kanila, ug gitakpan niya ang mga pultahan sa likod niya. |
| Chinese | 羅 得 出 來 、 把 門 關 上 、 到 眾 人 那 裡 、 |
| Croatian | Lot iziðe k njima na ulaz, a za sobom zatvori vrata. |
| Danish | Da gik Lot ud til dem i Porten, men Døren lukkede han efter sig. |
| Dutch | Toen ging Lot uit tot hen aan de deur, en hij sloot de deur achter zich toe; |
| Finnish | Silloin Loot meni ulos heidän luokseen portille ja sulki oven jälkeensä |
| French | Lot sortit vers eux l`entrée de la maison, et ferma la porte derrière lui. |
| German | Lot ging heraus zu ihnen vor die Tür und schloß die Tür hinter sich zu |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lot keluar dari rumahnya, dan sesudah menutup pintu, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka keluarlah Lut dari pada pintu rumah hendak mendapatkan mereka itu, maka dirapatkannya daun pintunya, |
| Italian | Lot uscì verso di loro sulla porta e, dopo aver chiuso il battente dietro di sé, |
| Maori | Na ka puta atu a Rota ki a ratou ki te kuwaha, me tana tutaki ano i te tatau i muri i a ia. |
| Norwegian | Da gikk Lot ut til dem i døren og lukket den efter sig |
| Rumanian | Lot a iewit afarq la ei la uwq, a kncuiat uwa dupq el, |
| Russian | мПФ ЧЩЫЕМ Л ОЙН ЛП ЧИП"Х, Й ЪБ ЕТ ЪБ УП'ПА "ЧЕТШ, |
| Swedish | Då gick Lot ut till dem i porten och stängde dörren efter sig |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-q-r-u" | |
-2 letters: qua, ran, run, urn. | |
-3 letters: an, ar, na, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-q-r-u" | |
+2 letters: quartan, quinary, quintar. | |
+3 letters: aequorin, antiquer, aquarian, quadrans, quadrant, quadroon, quainter, quandary, quartans, quartern, quatrain, quintars, ramequin, squadron, squander, squaring, tranquil. | |
+4 letters: acquiring, aequorins, antiquark, antiquary, antiquers, aquarians, banqueter, harlequin, quadrants, quadroons, quantizer, quarrying, quarryman, quarrymen, quarterns, quatrains, quavering, quinaries, ramequins, squadrons, squanders. | |
+5 letters: antiquarks, aquamarine, aquaplaner, aquatinter, banqueters, barbequing, equestrian, harlequins, lacquering, lambrequin, parqueting, quadrangle, quadrantal, quadrantes, quadrating, quadrennia, quandaries, quantifier, quantizers, quarantine, quarreling, quarryings, quartering, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, quinacrine, rainsquall, reacquaint, squadroned, squandered, squanderer, squareness, tranquiler, tranquilly, vanquisher. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Bible Trace 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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