English

Alternative forms

• surah
• sūrah

Noun

sura ‎(plural suras or suwar)

1. Any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an.
   • 1985, Kristina Nelson, The Art of Reciting the Qurʾan, Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press (2001), ISBN 9774245946, chapter 2: “Tajwīd”, page 25:

     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.

Translations

Anagrams

• URAs, USAR

Hausa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sūr̃ā̀ f ‎(plural surori)

1. (Islam) sura

Etymology 2

Noun

sūr̃ā̀ f ‎(plural surori)

1. image, picture, form, appearance

Latin

Etymology

Possibly related to sū̆rus ‎(“branch, stake”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ra/

Noun

sūra f ‎(genitive sūrae); first declension

1. calf (of the leg)

Inflection

First declension.

References

• sura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic صُورَة ‎(ṣūra)

Noun

sura f ‎(pl sur)

1. picture
2. photograph
3. image

Polish

Etymology

From Arabic سورَة (sú:ra, chapter of the Qur‘an), from سور (sáwwara, to enclose, to wall in).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ura/

Noun

sura f

1. (Islam) sura

Declension

Romani

Etymology

Probably from Armenian սուր ‎(sur, “sword”).

Noun

sura

1. sword

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “սուր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic سُورَة ‎(sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”), from سَوَّرَ ‎(sawwara, “to enclose, to wall in”).

Noun

sura (n class, plural sura)

1. chapter
2. sura (chapter of the Qur'an)

Swedish

Etymology 1

Derivation of adjective sur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʉːra/

Adjective

sura

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of sur.

Verb

sura

1. to sulk
   • 1920, August Strindberg, Efterslåtter

     Vad går du här ensam omkring och surar för? frågade honom en gammal apa, som satt för sig själv och knäckte nötter.

     "Why are you here alone sulking? he was asked by an old monkey, sitting by himself cracking nuts.

     "Most likely he was sulking because she had told him to be ashamed of himself."

   • 2000, Roger Borgelid, Svenska Dagbladet - Människan bakom miljonleendet

     Det var inte länge sedan [han] framstod som en arrogant diva med taskigt humör, en dålig förlorare som surade över en missad tiometersputt,...

     "It was not long ago that he was seen as an arrogant diva with a bad temper, a poor loser who would sulk if he missed a ten-meterputt, ..."

Conjugation

Usage notes

Past participle is basically non-existent on semantic/pragmatic reasons.

See also

• försura

Etymology 2

Same as English sura above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʉːra/

Noun

sura c

1. sura, chapter of Qur'an
   • 2004, Göteborgsposten - Nu skall den ene vara den andres fiende

     Koranens 21:a sura berättar att Abraham irriterades över sin pappas och dennes underlydandes avgudadyrkan:...

     "The 21st sura of the Qur'an relates that Abraham was irritated by the idolatry of his daddy and his employees:...

Declension