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sura¹
- /ˈsʊə.ɹə/ UK
- /ˈsɔː.ɹə/ UK
- /ˈsʊ.ɹə/ UK
Rhymes with -ʊəɹə
Where it comes from
From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).
noun suras · suwar · surah
- 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.
sura²
- /ˈsʊə.ɹə/ UK
- /ˈsɔː.ɹə/ UK
- /ˈsʊ.ɹə/ UK
Rhymes with -ʊəɹə
Where it comes from
Via Hindi सुरा (surā, “wine”), ultimately from Sanskrit सुरा (surā).
noun
- The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm, palm wine.
Sura³
proper noun Suras
- A surname.
Translations
Talk about this word "sura." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sura. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sura. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sura "sura." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sura.Cite this
@misc{sura_2026,
title = {sura},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sura},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
