Qiraa designates minor vocalization variants on a fixed Koranic consonant text.

Evidence

One such specialist field in Arabic is called qiraa, “reading.” This technical term refers mainly to the usually quite minor differences in the vocalization of the agreed consonant outline of the holy text. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 684

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the technical Arabic term qiraa for reading variants of the Koran.