different between koran vs belomancy

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Adjective

koran

1. accusative singular of kora

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch courant (current spelling is krant), from French courant (“current”), from Old French corant, possibly corresponding to Latin currens, currentem. Cognate of Afrikaans koerant, Papiamentu korant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ko.ran]
• Hyphenation: ko?ran
• Rhymes: -ran

Noun

koran (plural koran-koran, first-person possessive koranku, second-person possessive koranmu, third-person possessive korannya)

1. newspaper

   Synonyms: harian, surat kabar

Derived terms

Further reading

• “koran” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Etymology

From Dutch courant (current spelling is krant), from French courant (“current”).

Noun

koran

1. newspaper

Alternative forms

• ??????

English

Alternative forms

• bellomancy
• bolomancy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (bélos, “an arrow, dart”) +? -mancy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?l.??.mæn.si/

Noun

belomancy (uncountable)

1. Studying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.

See also

• rhabdomancy

References

"For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots with his arrows..." -- Ezekiel 21:21, Bible

"Of this kinde of Rhabdomancy was that practised by Nabuchadonosor in the Chaldean miscellany, delivered by Ezekiel. A like way of Belomancy or Divination by Arrowes hath been in request with Scythians, Alanes, Germans, with the Africans and Turks of Algiers." -- Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Browne 1646