Alkoran

or Al·co·ran

[ al-kaw-rahn, -ran, -koh- ]

noun

1. the Quran.

Alkoran

/ ˌælkɒˈrɑːn /

noun

1. a less common name for the Koran

Word History and Origins

Origin of Alkoran¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English alkaron, alcoran, from Middle French alcoran, from Medieval Latin alcorānum, from Arabic (al-)qur'ān “(the) recitation, Quran ( def )

Example Sentences

The subject will not admit of demonstration; it must be approached and examined in the same manner as the Alkoran of Mahomet.

From Project Gutenberg

Moreover, thus saith the Alkoran: 'The happiness of the nations is the first duty of the rulers of the earth, yet the glory of Allah comes before it.'

From Project Gutenberg

Yffim Beg entered and passed through all the rooms he knew so well, all the doors of which were still guarded by the drabants of Hassan as of yore; at last he reached Hassan's usual audience chamber, and there he found Olaj Beg sitting on a divan reading the Alkoran.

From Project Gutenberg

After him came two imams, one of whom carried a large document in a velvet case, whose pendant seal swung to and fro beneath its long golden cord; the other bent beneath the weight of an enormous book—it was the Alkoran.

From Project Gutenberg

The Alkoran is a very nice large book, larger than our corpus juris of former days, and in it may be found everything which everyone requires: accusatory, condemnatory, and absolvatory texts for one and the same thing.

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