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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