# Koran
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

Koran (plural Korans)
* Alternative spelling of Qur'an

#### Proper noun

the Koran
* Alternative spelling of Qur'an
** 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:The state bed of Sobieski, King of Poland, was made of Smyrna gold brocade embroidered in turquoises with verses from the Koran.
** 2015 June 22, Ben Blanchard, “Exiles angered as China holds beer festival in Muslim county”, in Paul Tait, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 17 August 2019, Emerging Markets:The beer festival happened in a village in Niya County in the deep south of Xinjiang, which is overwhelmingly populated by the Muslim Uighur people who call Xinjiang home. Muslims are not meant to consume alcohol, according to the Koran.

##### Derived terms

* Koranesque
* Koranic
* Koranology

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech Korán.

#### Proper noun

Koran (plural Korans)
* A surname from Czech.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Koran is the 27144th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 892 individuals. Koran is most common among White (94.96%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Koran, Qur'an, Quran, Coran at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Koran”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 338.

### Anagrams

* Akron, Ranko, krona, króna

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koːˈraːn/, /koːˈrɑn/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Koran m
* the Qur'an

#### Meronyms

* soera

## German
### Etymology

From Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈʁaːn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːn

### Noun

Koran m (strong, genitive Korans or Koran, plural Korane)
* (Islam) Qur'an

#### Usage notes

* The word refers to the Qur'an both as an abstract term and as a book copy. In the former sense, it is always preceded by the definite article: der Koran.
* In contrast to English usage, the spelling Koran remains the only one commonly used in German. The Arabised spelling Qur'an or Qur'ân is occasionally used in Islamic religious writing, but is otherwise rare and generally nonstandard.

#### Derived terms

* Koranabschnitt
* Koranforschung
* Korangebot
* koranisch
* Korankunde
* korankundig
* Koranlehrer
* Koranlektüre
* Koranschule
* Koranspruch
* Koranstudium
* Koransure
* Koranverständnis

### Further reading

* “Koran” in Duden online
* “Koran” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Corano, from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān). Related with inherited Maltese qara (“to read”). The inherited form would have been *qran.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔˈraːn/

### Proper noun

Il-Koran m
* Qur'an

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.ran/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔran
* Syllabification: Ko‧ran

### Proper noun

Koran m inan
* (Islam) Qur'an

#### Derived terms

* koraniczny

### Further reading

* Koran in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* Kuran

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Corán, from Arabic قُرْآن (qurʔān). Doublet of Alkoran and Qur'an.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /koˈɾan/ [koˈɾan̪]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: Ko‧ran

### Proper noun

Korán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜈ᜔) (Islam)
* Alternative form of Qur'an

### Further reading

* “Koran”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 182