Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Alcoran"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Koran \Ko"ran\ (?; 277), n. [Ar. gor[=a]n. See {Alcoran}.]
The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed
revelations to Mohammed; -- called also {Alcoran}. [Written
also {Kuran} or {Quran}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alcoran \Al"co*ran\ (?; 277), n. [alcoran, fr. Ar. al-qor[=a]n,
orig. the reading, the book, fr. qaraa to read. Cf. {Koran}.]
The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form).
[Spelt also {Alkoran}.]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.