suran.1
/ˈsʊərə/, U.S. /ˈsurə/ Anglo-Indian.
The fermented sap of various species of palm, as the wild date, the coco-nut, and the palmyra; = toddy n. 1. Also attributive, as sura-house, sura-tree.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > palm-wine
nipa1588
palmetto wine1589
palm wine1598
sura1598
date wine1603
toddy?1611
tuba1704
pardon1705
pardon-wine1705
Palm1712
sagwire1792
itaa1832
tembo1850
tuak1852
palm-toddy1857
1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lvi. 101/2 The pot in short space is full of water, which they call Sura, & is very pleasant to drinke like sweet whay.
?1611 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. iv. iv. 436 A goodly Countrey..abounding with wild Date Trees..whence they draw a liquor called Tarrie or Sure.
1623 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 314 The elephantes hath destroyed many hundreds of coques and sura trees.
1684 J. Phillips tr. J. B. Tavernier Trav. I. 90 Nor could they drink either Wine, or Sury, or Strong Water.
1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 47 This [juice from the Coco-Nut Tree] they call Suri, which is to be sold at the Suri-houses.
1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Suppl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
suran.2
/ˈsʊərə/, U.S. /ˈsurə/ Islam.
A chapter or larger section of the Qur'an.
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sura1661
Fatiha1821
1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ ii. §45 Teach me..out of the law of our Prophet, out of euery Assora of the same, some certaine perfections.
1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ Index sig. O3 This booke is deuided into sundry sections or Chapters, which they call Assurats, or Azoara's.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 89/2 In the third booke of thy Alcaron and in the seuen and thirty Asaria.]
1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 160 Mahomet himself was so proud of it [sc. the Alkoran], that..he defy's its opposers to equal one surat or section of it.
1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xxxv. 176 To promulgate before the multitude of pilgrims..an important sura, or chapter of the Koran, just received from heaven.
1886 C. R. Conder Syrian Stone-lore (1896) ix. 337 The earlier Suras are chiefly concerned with the warnings as to the coming day of judgment, and with descriptions of the end of the world.
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suran.3
/ˈsʊərə/, U.S. /ˈsurə/ In Hindu demonology, a good angel or genie.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Indian or Hindu > lesser deities
Naga1785
yaksha1785
sura1795
yogini1810
yakkha1837
apsara1865
1795 T. Maurice Hist. Hindostan (1820) I. i. xii. 417 The superior, or northern hemisphere, is the region of delight,..and in it Indra presides with an army of Soors, or good genii.
1806 T. Maurice Indian Antiq. I. 17 The Indian Soors and Assoors, that is the good and evil Genii.
1834 H. Caunter Oriental Ann. ix. 115 It was reported that they had been received into the bosom of Siva, among the suras of the supreme paradise.
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