قُرَّآءٌ
Root: قرأ
Full Definition
قُرَّآءٌ
, an epithet applied to a man and to a woman, and
قَارِئٌ and
, A devotee; or one who devotes himself [and in the case of the first of these epithets herself] to religious exercises [and particularly to the reading, or reciting, of the Kur-án]: pl. قُرَّاؤُونَ and قَرَارِىْءُ, [in the CK قَرارِئُ and] in a MS copy of the K قَوَارِئُ, which might be a pl. of قَارِئٌ; and in the L قَرَائِئُ. And قُرَّآءُ is sometimes a pl. of قَارِئٌ.
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