"surah" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: surahs [plural], suwar [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊəɹə Head templates: {{en-noun|s|suwar}} surah (plural surahs or suwar)
  1. Alternative spelling of sura (“chapter of Quran”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sura (extra: chapter of Quran) Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-surah-en-noun-0fzjZJeJ Disambiguation of Fabrics: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: surahs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊəɹə Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} surah (countable and uncountable, plural surahs)
  1. soft twilled silk Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-surah-en-noun-9NyJ2qL~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-surah.wav Forms: surahs [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} surah m (plural surahs)
  1. surah (material) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-surah-fr-noun-ecNZl8lf Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: [ˈsurah] Forms: surah-surah [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”). Etymology templates: {{root|id|ar|س و ر}}, {{der|id|ar|سُورَة|t=chapter of the Qur'an}} Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”) Head templates: {{id-noun}} surah (plural surah-surah)
  1. (Islam) sura: any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an. Categories (topical): Islam Synonyms: surat

Noun [Malay]

Forms: سورة [Jawi], surah-surah [plural], surahku [first-person, informal, possessive], surahmu [possessive, second-person], surahnya [possessive, third-person]
Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=سورة}} surah (Jawi spelling سورة, plural surah-surah, informal 1st possessive surahku, 2nd possessive surahmu, 3rd possessive surahnya)
  1. (Islam) sura Categories (topical): Islam
    Sense id: en-surah-ms-noun-B4IWQi8F Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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