Where does “Kur'an” come from?
Kur'an (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قرآن, from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن, from Arabic قِرَاءَة, from Arabic قَرَأَ — to read; to recite; to read; to declaim, to...
Ancestry of “Kur'an”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قرآن | — |
| 2 | Arabic | اَلْقُرْآن | — |
| 3 | Arabic | قِرَاءَة | reading, recitation |
| 4 | Arabic | قَرَأَ | to read; to recite; to read; to declaim, to... |