Sura

//ˈsʊə.ɹə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.

    "Most of these essentially uninflected syllables (CV̄C) are names of the letters of the alphabet and introduce some of the suwar of the Qurʾanic text."

  2. 2
    The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm, palm wine. uncountable
  3. 3
    the muscular back part of the shank wordnet
  4. 4
    one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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Example

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""This is my girlfriend, Sura." "It's Skura.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Etymology 2

Via Hindi सुरा (surā, “wine”), ultimately from Sanskrit सुरा (surā).

Related phrases

coconut palm

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