How to say "Quran" in Arabic
CognateMeaningQuran
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
قُرْآن
qurʾānקראן
قرآن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קוראן
kuranكُورَان
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ق-ر-أHebrew root
ק-ר-אRoot q-r-ʾ, 'to read, recite, call out' — the exact root behind Hebrew קרא and מקרא, Miqra, a traditional name for the Bible: 'the thing recited.' Qurʾān literally means 'the Recitation' — same idea, same root, two scriptures.
Related Hebrew word:קרא / מקראkara / mikraكَارَا / مِكْرَا
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In a phrase
قَرَأَ آيَة مِنَ الْقُرْآن
qaraʾa āya min al-qurʾānקרא איה מן אל-קראןhe read a verse from the Quran