Quraish
noun
Qu·raish
\kəˈrīsh\
variants: or
Quraysh
orKoreish
\kəˈrīsh\Definition of Quraish
Quraish
orQuraishes
orQuaraysh
orQurayshes
orKoreish
orKoreishes
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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Arabic Quraish
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