sura

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

• surah, sūrah

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, 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.

Hindi [Term?]

sura (uncountable)

1. The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm.

• -saur, Ruas, URAs, USAR, saur

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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ɾa/

sura f (plural sures)

1. (Islam) sura

• “sura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• Hyphenation: su‧ra

sura

1. to tease

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

sura c (singular definite suraen, plural indefinite suraer)

1. (Islam) sura

• “sura” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

1. (Islam) sura

Borrowed from Arabic صُورَة‎ (ṣūra).

sūr̃ā̀ f (plural sūr̃ōr̃ī, possessed form sūr̃àr̃)

1. image, picture, form, appearance

sū̀r̃ā (grade 3)

1. swoop down to grab something

sura m (genitive singular sura)

1. (textiles) surah (soft twilled silk)

• "sura" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “sura” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

From Latin sūra.

sura f (plural sure)

1. (anatomy) calf

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

sura f (plural sure)

1. (Islam) sura

Possibly related to sū̆rus (“t-branch, stake”) or from a Proto-Indo-European root common to Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “part of a sacrificial victim”)[1].

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ra/

sūra f (genitive sūrae); first declension

1. calf (of the leg)

First declension.

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

From Arabic صُورَة‎ (ṣūra)

sura f (plural sur)

1. picture
2. photograph
3. image

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ra/

sura f

1. (Islam) sura

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

sura ? (plural sur)

1. sword

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

sura m (plural suras)

1. sura

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

sura (n class, plural sura)

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

Derivation of adjective sur.

• IPA^(key): /sʉːra/
• Rhymes: -²ʉːra

sura

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of sur.

sura (present surar, preterite surade, supine surat, imperative 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, ..."

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

• försura

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

• IPA^(key): /sʉːra/

sura c

1. sura (chapter of the 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:...

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

sura (plural suralar)

1. (Islam) sura