Etymology

From Arabic قُرْآن ‎(qurʾān, “recitation”), from قِرَاءَة ‎(qirāʾa, “reading, recitation”), from قَرَأَ ‎(qaraʾa, “to declaim, to recite”), apparently after Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ ‎(qeriānā, “reading; scripture”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
• Homophone: courão (Brazil)