name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sura
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʊə.ɹə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː.ɹə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʊ.ɹə/
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rhymes with -ʊəɹə
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CMU ARPABET: S UH1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 3
The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm, palm wine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
the muscular back part of the shank
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: calf
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skeletal muscle, striated muscle
Narrower terms: mid-calf
noun
Meaning 5
one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Quran is divided in 114 suras
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: section, subdivision
Narrower terms: Fatiha, Fatihah
History
Etymology
From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).
Via Hindi सुरा (surā, “wine”), ultimately from Sanskrit सुरा (surā).
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: sure — chapter of the Qur'an
- Amharic: ሱራ (sura) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Arabic: سُورَة (sūra) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Armenian: սուրահ (surah) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Azerbaijani: surə — chapter of the Qur'an
- Bashkir: сүрә (sürə) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Belarusian: су́ра (súra) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Bengali: সূরা (śura) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Bulgarian: су́ра (súra) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Catalan: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Chinese Mandarin: 蘇拉 /苏拉 (sūlā) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Crimean Tatar: sure — chapter of the Qur'an
- Czech: súra — chapter of the Qur'an
- Danish: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Dutch: soera — chapter of the Qur'an
- Esperanto: surao — chapter of the Qur'an
- Estonian: suura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Finnish: suura — chapter of the Qur'an
- French: sourate — chapter of the Qur'an
- Georgian: ყურანის თავი (q̇uranis tavi) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Georgian: სურა (sura) — chapter of the Qur'an
- German: Sure — chapter of the Qur'an
- Greek: σουράτ (sourát) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Hausa: sūr̃ā̀ — chapter of the Qur'an
- Hebrew: סוּרָה (sura) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Hindi: सूरा (sūrā) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Hindi: सूरत (sūrat) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Hungarian: szúra — chapter of the Qur'an
- Indonesian: surah — chapter of the Qur'an
- Japanese: スーラ (sūra) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Karachay-Balkar: суура (suura) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Karakalpak: suʻre — chapter of the Qur'an
- Kazakh: сүре (süre) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Korean: 수라 (sura) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Kyrgyz: сүрөө (süröö) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Latin: azoara — chapter of the Qur'an
- Latvian: sūra — chapter of the Qur'an
- Lithuanian: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Macedonian: су́ра (súra) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Malay: surah — chapter of the Qur'an
- Nogai: суьре (süre) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Norwegian Bokmål: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Pashto: سورت (surat) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Persian: سورِه (sure) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Polish: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Portuguese: surata — chapter of the Qur'an
- Portuguese: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Russian: су́ра (súra) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Serbo-Croatian: су̀ра — chapter of the Qur'an
- Serbo-Croatian: sùra — chapter of the Qur'an
- Slovak: súra — chapter of the Qur'an
- Slovene: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Spanish: azora — chapter of the Qur'an
- Swahili: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Swedish: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Tajik: сура (sura) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Tatar: сүрә (sürä) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Turkish: sure — chapter of the Qur'an
- Turkmen: sure — chapter of the Qur'an
- Ukrainian: су́ра (súra) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Urdu: سُورَت (sūrat) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Urdu: سُورَہ (sūra) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Urdu: سُورَۃ (sūra) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Uyghur: سۈرە (süre) — chapter of the Qur'an
- Uzbek: sura — chapter of the Qur'an
- Welsh: sŵra — chapter of the Qur'an