QuranicWords

أَوْ aw – “or”

A Qur'anic Arabic particle that occurs 280 times in the Qur'an. It is word #48 in QuranicWords' frequency-ordered curriculum.

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Meaning
or
Type
Conjunction (Ḥarf ʿAṭf)
In the Qur'an
280 times
Frequency rank
#48 of 3,833
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Particles & Function Words, section 1, lesson 6

Meaning in 8 languages

Englishor
বাংলাঅথবা
اردویا
हिन्दीया
Bahasa Indonesiaatau
Türkçeveya
فارسییا
Françaisou

In the Qur'an: Al-Mursalat 77:6

عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا

English

As justification or warning,

বাংলা

ওযর-আপত্তি রহিতকরণ ও সতর্ক করার জন্য

اردو

عذر کے طور پر یا خبردار کرنے کے لیے۔

हिन्दी

उज़्र (बहाना) समाप्त करने या डराने के लिए।

Bahasa Indonesia

untuk menolak alasan-alasan atau memberi peringatan,

Türkçe

(Allah'a yönelenleri) arıtmak, (kötüleri) sakındırmak için.

فارسی

برای اتمام حجت یا برای بیم و هشدار.

Français

en guise d'excuse ou d'avertissement!

The complete ayah, with the word highlighted. Translations: Saheeh International, Dr. Abu Bakr Muhammad Zakaria, Dr. Israr Ahmad (Bayan-ul-Quran), Maulana Azizul Haque al-Umari, Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs, Muslim Shahin, Hussein Taji Kal Dari, Muhammad Hamidullah.