Where does “Koran” come from?
Koran comes from Arabic الْقُرْآن, derived from Arabic قُرْآن, which derives from Arabic قِرَاءَة meaning "recitation," ultimately from Arabic قَرَأَ meaning "to read."
Koran (English): Alternative spelling of Qur'an
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of Qur'an
Ancestry of “Koran”, step by step
Koran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian korán
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | korán | early; superessive singular of kora |
| 2 | Hungarian | kör | circle; circle, ring, company; round, lap |
| 3 | French | Cœur | heart |
| 4 | Middle French | cœur | Alternative form of coeur |
| 5 | Old French | cuer | heart |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *corem | — |
| 7 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |
via Arabic القُرْآنُ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | القُرْآنُ | — |
| 2 | Arabic | قُرْآن | act of reciting; recitation |
| 3 | Arabic | اَلْقُرْآن | — |
| 4 | Arabic | قِرَاءَة | reading, recitation |
| 5 | Arabic | قَرَأَ | to read; to recite; to read; to declaim, to... |