"surah" meaning in English

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Noun

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)
    Sense id: en-surah-en-noun-0fzjZJeJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: surahs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊəɹə Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} surah (countable and uncountable, plural surahs)
  1. soft twilled silk Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-surah-en-noun-9NyJ2qL~ Disambiguation of Fabrics: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for surah meaning in English (1.7kB)

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