Probably from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
From Proto-Finnic *coora. Cognates include Finnish suora and Veps sor'ed.
soora
soora (comparative sooremp)
Declension of soora (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | soora | soorat |
genitive | sooran | sooriin |
partitive | sooraa | sooria |
illative | sooraa | soorii |
inessive | sooraas | sooriis |
elative | soorast | soorist |
allative | sooralle | soorille |
adessive | sooraal | sooriil |
ablative | sooralt | soorilt |
translative | sooraks | sooriks |
essive | sooranna, sooraan | soorinna, sooriin |
exessive1) | soorant | soorint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |