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Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn).
Noun
ղանոն • (ġanon)
- (music) kanoon
Usage notes
Many dictionaries confuse this musical instrument with the երգիոն (ergion, “organ”).
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ղանոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press