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surah

surah is the alternative spelling of sura.

Meaning of sura

Noun (1)

sura (plural suras or suwar)

  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)

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

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Noun

surah (countable and uncountable, plural surahs)

  1. soft twilled silk

Forms of surah

pluralsurahs
pluralsuwar

Words that rhyme with surah

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Questions about surah

What does surah mean?
Surah means soft twilled silk.
What is surah the alternative spelling of?
Surah is the alternative spelling of sura.
What part of speech is surah?
Surah is a noun.
What is the plural of surah?
The plural of surah is surahs.

Words near surah in the dictionary

  1. Surace
  2. Suraces
  3. suradanni
  4. suraddition
  5. suradditions
  6. surah
  7. surahi
  8. surahis
  9. surahs
  10. Suraj
  11. Surajpur

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