girl name · Source-indexed record
Qiraat
قرات
Qiraat is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means recitation of the Quran. It is derived from the Q-R-HAMZ (he/she read or recited) which is used in many places in the Quran, and is also the root for the word Quran (which literally means The Reading, The Recitation):
- Arabic spelling
- قرات
- Pronunciation
- KEE-rahtAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- QuranicSource-stated
- Gender
- girl
- First letter
- Q
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Qiraat
Qiraat is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a female name. The source records its meaning as “Qiraat is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means recitation of the Quran. It is derived from the Q-R-HAMZ (he/she read or recited) which is used in many places in the Quran, and is also the root for the word Quran (which literally means The Reading, The Recitation):”. Its origin label is stated directly in the source text. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.