surah

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See also: şurah

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Etymology 1

Noun

surah (plural surahs or suwar)

  1. Alternative spelling of sura (“chapter of Quran”)

Etymology 2

Noun

surah (countable and uncountable, plural surahs)

  1. soft twilled silk

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French

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Noun

surah m (plural surahs)

  1. surah (material)

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

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  • Hyphenation: su‧rah

Noun

surah (first-person possessive surahku, second-person possessive surahmu, third-person possessive surahnya)

  1. (Islam) sura: any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an.
    Synonym: surat

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Malay

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Noun

surah (Jawi spelling سورة, plural surah-surah, informal 1st possessive surahku, 2nd possessive surahmu, 3rd possessive surahnya)

  1. (Islam) sura

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