different between sura vs dura

English

Etymology 1

From Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Alternative forms

• surah, s?rah

Noun

sura (plural suras or suwar)

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

     Most of these essentially uninflected syllables (CV?C) are names of the letters of the alphabet and introduce some of the suwar of the Qur?anic text.

Translations

Etymology 2

Via Hindi ???? (sur?, “wine”), ultimately from Sanskrit ???? (sur?).

Noun

sura (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• -saur, Ruas, URAs, USAR, USRA, saur

Alangan

Noun

surâ

1. fish

Balinese

Romanization

sura

1. Romanization of ???
2. Romanization of ????
3. Romanization of ???

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?su.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?su.?a/

Noun

sura f (plural sures)

1. (Islam) sura

Further reading

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su?ra

Verb

sura

1. to tease

Danish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

sura c (singular definite suraen, plural indefinite suraer)

1. (Islam) sura

Declension

References

• “sura” in Den Danske Ordbog

Hausa

Etymology 1

From Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

s?r??? f (plural s?r??r??, possessed form s?r?àr?)

1. (Islam) sura

Etymology 2

From Arabic ??????? (??ra).

Noun

s?r??? f (plural s?r??r??, possessed form s?r?àr?)

1. image, picture, form, appearance

Etymology 3

Verb

s??r?? (grade 3)

1. swoop down to grab something

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sura m (genitive singular sura)

1. (textiles) surah (soft twilled silk)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "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.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin s?ra.

Noun

sura f (plural sure)

1. (anatomy) calf

Etymology 2

from Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

sura f (plural sure)

1. (Islam) sura

Latin

Etymology

Possibly related to s??rus (“t-branch, stake”) or from a Proto-Indo-European root common to Ancient Greek ??? (h?ra, “part of a sacrificial victim”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?su?.ra/, [?s?u??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?su.ra/, [?su???]

Noun

s?ra f (genitive s?rae); first declension

1. calf (of the leg)

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

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

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (??ra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?.ra/

Noun

sura f (plural suriet)

1. image
2. picture
3. photograph

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sura m (definite singular suraen, indefinite plural suraer, definite plural suraene)

1. Alternative form of sure

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sura m (definite singular suraen, indefinite plural suraer or suraar, definite plural suraene or suraane)

1. Alternative form of sure

Polish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su.ra/

Noun

sura f

1. (Islam) sura

Declension

Romani

Etymology

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

Noun

sura ? (plural sur)

1. sword

References

• A?a?ean, Hra??eay (1971–1979) , “????”, in Hayer?n armatakan ba?aran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Spanish

Noun

sura m (plural suras)

1. sura

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sura (n class, plural sura)

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²s??ra/
• Rhymes: -²??ra

Etymology 1

Derivation of adjective sur.

Adjective

sura

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of sur.

Verb

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, ..."

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

See also

• försura

Etymology 2

From Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

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:...

Declension

Anagrams

• rusa

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (s?ra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

sura (plural suralar)

1. (Islam) sura

Declension

English

Etymology 1

Noun

dura

1. (anatomy) The dura mater, the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord.

Etymology 2

Noun

dura (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of durra

Anagrams

• Adur, Daru, Daur, duar, urad

Asturian

Verb

dura

1. third-person singular present indicative of durar
2. second-person singular imperative of durar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?du.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?du.?a/

Verb

dura

1. third-person singular present indicative form of durar
2. second-person singular imperative form of durar

Dharug

Noun

dura

1. mosquito

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [du?ra]

Noun

dura f sg

1. genitive singular of dyr

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dy.?a/

Verb

dura

1. third-person singular past historic of durer

Anagrams

• ardu

Galician

Adjective

dura

1. feminine singular of duro

Italian

Adjective

dura

1. feminine singular of duro

Verb

dura

1. third-person singular present indicative of durare
2. second-person singular present imperative of durare

Anagrams

• udrà

Latin

Adjective

d?ra

1. nominative feminine singular of d?rus
2. nominative neuter plural of d?rus
3. accusative neuter plural of d?rus
4. vocative feminine singular of d?rus
5. vocative neuter plural of d?rus

Adjective

d?r?

1. ablative feminine singular of d?rus

Verb

d?r?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of d?r?

References

• dura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dura in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dura in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Lombard

Alternative forms

• düra (Modern orthography)

Pronunciation

• (Milan) IPA^(key): /?dy?ra/

Etymology

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

dura (Classical Milanese orthography)

1. singular feminine of dur

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

dura

1. feminine singular of dur

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: du?ra
• Rhymes: -u?a

Adjective

dura

1. feminine singular of duro

Verb

dura

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of durar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of durar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?ra/

Etymology 1

From Latin dol?re, present active infinitive of dol?.

Verb

a dura (third-person singular present dureaz?, past participle durat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive) to build (a building)

   Synonyms: construi, cl?di, zidi

2. to make (something)
3. to light a fire

   Synonym: aprinde

4. (rare) to fashion or smooth wood

   Synonym: ciopli

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French durer, from Latin d?r?, d?r?re.

Verb

a dura (third-person singular present dureaz?, past participle durat) 1st conj.

1. (intransitive) to last, endure

Conjugation

Related terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du?a/, [?d?u.?a]

Adjective

dura

1. feminine singular of duro

Verb

dura

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of durar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of durar.

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (durra), a variety of parrot (Psittacus alexandri Linnaeus).

Pronunciation

Noun

dura (n class, plural dura)

1. parrot

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: du?râ
• IPA^(key): /du??a?/, [d???a?]

Noun

durâ

1. spit

Derived terms

• dumura
• pagdura

See also

• dahak
• laway