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KORAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Koran mean? 

KORAN (noun)
  The noun KORAN has 1 sense:

1. the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medinaplay

  Familiarity information: KORAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KORAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

al-Qur'an; Book; Koran; Quran

Instance hypernyms:

religious text; religious writing; sacred text; sacred writing (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)

Meronyms (parts of "Koran"):

sura (one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran)

Derivation:

Koranic (of or related to the sacred texts of Islam)


 Context examples 


A religious group that follows the words and belief system founded by the prophet Muhammad and are written in the Koran.

(Muslim, NCI Thesaurus)



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