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"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative spelling of sura (“chapter of Quran”)"
],
"links": [
[
"sura",
"sura#Tagalog"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsuɾa/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsuː.ɾɐ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uɾa"
}
],
"word": "surah"
}
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