different between surat vs sura

English

Noun

surat (plural surats)

1. Alternative form of sura (“A chapter of the Qur'an”)

Anagrams

• Astur, S?tra, UARTs, ratus, sutra, s?tra

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay surat.

Noun

surat

1. a letter, a correspondence; a written message
2. a mail

Verb

surat

1. to write

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /su??at/
• Rhymes: -at

Verb

surat m (feminine surada, masculine plural surats, feminine plural surades)

1. past participle of surar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.rat/
• Rhymes: -urat, -rat, -at

Etymology 1

From Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suRat (“to carve, to incise”).

Noun

surat (first-person possessive suratku, second-person possessive suratmu, third-person possessive suratnya)

1. document (original or official paper)
2. letter (written message)
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) inscription

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Tetum: surat

Etymology 2

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

Noun

surat (first-person possessive suratku, second-person possessive suratmu, third-person possessive suratnya)

1. (Islam) alternative form of surah (“sura”).

Anagrams

• ratus, turas

Further reading

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

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suRat (“to carve, to incise”).

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ?????
• Roman: soerat (dated)

Noun

surat (krama-ngoko surat)

1. (dialectal) letter

   Synonyms: layang, nawala

References

• "surat" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suRat (“to carve, to incise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /surat/
• Rhymes: -urat, -rat, -at

Noun

surat (Jawi spelling ?????, plural surat-surat, informal 1st possessive suratku, impolite 2nd possessive suratmu, 3rd possessive suratnya)

1. document (original or official paper)
2. letter (written message)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: surat
  • ? Tetum: surat
• ? Bikol Central: surat
• ? Ternate: surat

Anagrams

• ratus, turas

Swedish

Verb

surat

1. supine of sura.

Anagrams

• rusat, rusta, rutas

Ternate

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?at/

Noun

surat

1. letter (written message)

References

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian surat.

Noun

surat

1. letter (written message)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????, from Arabic ??????? (??ra).

Noun

surat (definite accusative surat?, plural suratlar)

1. face

   Synonym: yüz

Uzbek

Noun

surat (plural suratlar)

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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