sura
Syllables: su·raUK/ˈsʊə.ɹə/
sura noun: any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
Noun (1)
- Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
- 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.1985, Kristina Nelson, The Art of Reciting the Qurʾan, Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press (2001), chapter 2: “Tajwīd”, page 25
Noun (2)
sura (uncountable)
- The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm, palm wine.
Proper noun capitalized: Sura
Sura (plural Suras)
- A surname.
sura meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sura in Hindi
- chapter of the Qur'an
- सूरा sūrā, सूरत sūrat
sura in Tamil
- நற்பெரும் வீரன், கெண்டைக்கால், முகம், தோற்றம், குர்ஆனில் ஒரு கூறு
sura in Urdu
- chapter of the Qur'an
- سُورَت sūrat, سُورَہ sūra, سُورَۃ sūra
sura in Bengali
- chapter of the Qur'an
- সূরা śura
More languagesFewer languages
- sura in Assamese
- চুৰা sura
- sura in Pashto
- سورت surat
- sura in Arabic
- سُورَة sūra
- sura in Malay
- surah
- sura in Indonesian
- surah
- sura in Persian
- سورِه sure
Forms of sura
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | suras |
| plural | suwar |
| alternative form | surah |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Suras |
Origin of sura
From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).
Via Hindi सुरा (surā, “wine”), ultimately from Sanskrit सुरा (surā).
Words that rhyme with sura
Questions about sura
- What does sura mean?
- Sura means any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
- What is sura in Hindi?
- Sura in Hindi is सूरा (sūrā), सूरत (sūrat). See Sura meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sura?
- Sura can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sura?
- Sura is pronounced /ˈsʊə.ɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sura?
- The plural of sura is suras.
Words near sura in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sura (page history and authors); Sura (page history and authors); sura (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); চুৰা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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