sura

English

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sura

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• surah

Noun

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.

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sura (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• -saur, Ruas, URAs, USAR, USRA, saur

Alangan

Noun

surâ

1. fish

Balinese

Romanization

sura

1. Romanization of ᬲᬸᬭ
2. Romanization of ᬲᬸᬭᬵ
3. Romanization of ᬰᬹᬭ

Bantayanon

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧ra

Adverb

sura

1. then; and then

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -uɾa

Noun

sura f (plural sures)

1. (Islam) sura

Further reading

• “sura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

sura

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Verb

sura

1. to tease

Etymology 2

From Bantayanon sura.

Noun

sura

1. (chiefly Bantayan island) then; and then

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

sura c (singular definite suraen, plural indefinite suraer)

1. (Islam) sura

Declension

References

• “sura” in Den Danske Ordbog

Hausa

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

1. (Islam) sura

Etymology 2

From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

1. image, picture, form, appearance

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sū̀r̃ā (grade 3)

1. swoop down to grab something

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

sura m (genitive singular sura)

1. (textiles) surah (soft twilled silk)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin sūra.

Noun

sura f (plural sure)

1. (anatomy) calf

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sura f (plural sure)

1. (Islam) sura

Japanese

Romanization

sura

1. Rōmaji transcription of すら

Latin

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ra/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ra/,

Noun

sūra f (genitive sūrae); first declension

1. calf (of the leg)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

References

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

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ra/

Noun

sura f (plural suriet)

1. image
2. picture
3. photograph

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of sure

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of sure

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ra/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: su‧ra

Noun

sura f

1. (Islam) sura

Declension

Further reading

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

Romani

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Etymology

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

Noun

sura ? (plural sur)

1. sword

References

• 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

Sardinian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsura/

Preposition

sura

1. (Logudorese) Alternative form of subra

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾa/
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: su‧ra

Noun

sura m (plural suras)

1. sura

Further reading

• “sura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sura (n class, plural sura)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Noun

sura (n class, plural sura)

1. appearance, look
2. face

   Synonym: uso

Swedish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Derivation of adjective sur.

Adjective

sura

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

Verb

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

1. to sulk
   • 1920, August Strindberg, Efterslåtter‎:

     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:

     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, ..."

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

See also

• försura
• syra (“make (more) sour”)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sura c

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

     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:...

Declension

See also

• Koranen (“the Qur'an”)

References

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

Anagrams

• rusa

Tetum

Etymology

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

Verb

sura

1. to count

Further reading

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

Uzbek

Etymology

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

Noun

sura (plural suralar)

1. (Islam) sura

Declension

Zaghawa

Noun

sura

1. lion

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad