Koran is the western term for Qur'an, isn't it?
Similarly, I don't listen to Dvorak, I listen to Di-vor-shak.
Why are you not using the western term, then?
As I said, I try to use the indigenous form, if I'm aware of it. Qur'an or Quran appears to be the most acceptable form, unless you revert to the western version Koran. In Arabic it does have more of a "Qu" sound to it than a "K" sound, as in cook, or cool.
Dvorak may write his name like that and pronounce it in a way the English would not.
That is how foreign languages are.
Strictly speaking, there's accents over the "R" and the "A" but I can't be bothered to look them up on character map. And I'm sure Dvorak doesn't mind, as long as I use the correct form of pronunciation in speech.
However, that is not the same as translating "القرآن الكريم" by using a form not logical in English.
How does القرآن الكريم become Qur'an if you hear Koran?
It's, for me, a matter of respect to use the indigenous name or pronunciation, or as close as we can get to it.
We do not translate the Russian "кремль" and spell it "Qur'emlin"?
Unless the Russians used that form in eastern - western communication, then I would use it also.
To use
кремль would necessitate the use of character map, and, as I've just said, it's laborious and no-one would know what I meant. Also the indigenous pronunciation is more of a "K" sound than a "Q" sound.
It's not laborious to use Qur'an. It's also an acceptable and recognised form of
لقرآن الكريم
I don't say Paris, I say Pari'.
I don't say Milan, I say Milano.
You say either ( ˈī-thər ), I say either (ˈē-thər).
