Urdu Dictionary

قرآن qǒrʼān inf. n. of قرا 'to read'

A قرآن qǒrʼān (inf. n. of قرا 'to read'), s.m. The sacred book of the Muḥammadans, the Qorʼān (or Korān, Coran, or Alcoran):—qǒrʼān uṭhānā, To raise the Qorʼān (to swear), to take an oath on the Qorʼān:—qǒrʼān-par hāth dharnā or rakhnā, To place the hand on the Qorʼān (to swear by), to swear on the Qorʼān:—qǒrʼān ṭhanḍā karnā, To let the Qorʼān fall or drop (he who drops the Qorʼān must give its weight of corn as alms to the poor):—qǒrʼān-ḵẖẉān, s.m. A reader of the Qorʼān;—a person deposed from rule or dignity, one who is dismissed from office, &c.:—qǒrʼān sir-par rakhnā, 'To place the Qorʼān on the head,' to swear on the Qorʼān:—qǒrʼān-kā jāma pahannā, 'To wear a garment made of the leaves of the

Qorʼān'; to become the Qorʼān itself;—to swear excessively; to take an oath on the most trivial occasion:—qorʼān-kā daur karnā, To go or read through the Qorʼān; to repeat the Qorʼān (to one another, two or more people).