SINCE 1828
Quraish
noun
Qu·raish
variants:
or Quraysh
or Koreish \ kəˈrīsh \
plural Quraish
or Quraishes
or Quaraysh
or Qurayshes
or Koreish
or Koreishes
Definition of Quraish
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
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