Forgive my ignorance here, I seem to be missing some link between the Quranic arabic pronunciation and the common/modern arabic pronunciation... In Quranic arabic, is it not pronounced "Qotor" or "Qotr"? I always thought this was the formal pronunciation, with people resolving to say it as Kah-tar, or Kah-tr due to many non-native tongue speakers having difficulty in pronouncing the "Q" part.