Quraish

noun

Qu·​raish

variants or Quraysh or Koreish

kəˈrīsh

plural Quraish or Quraishes or Quaraysh or Qurayshes or Koreish or Koreishes

1

: an Arab people of which Muhammad was a member and which from the 5th century was distinguished by a religious preeminence associated with its hereditary provision of the pre-Islamic custodians of the Kaaba at Mecca

2

: a member of the Quraish people

Word History

Etymology

Arabic Quraish

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