Iqra: meaning, origin and pronunciation
GirlArabic
اقرا
اِقْرَأْ
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Iqra (اقرا, Arabic اِقْرَأْ) means “read; recite!”. It comes from the Arabic root ق ر أ. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ق ر أ.
- Meaning
- read; recite!
- معنی
- پڑھو
Where it comes from
Imperative of qaraʾa; the first word revealed (Quran 96:1).
- Say it
- iq-raAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ق ر أ
- Other spellings
- Iqraa · Ikra