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English
Etymology 1
Noun
kanun (plural kanuns)
- Alternative spelling of qanun
Etymology 2
From Albanian kanun. Doublet of canon.
Noun
kanun (plural kanuns)
- A set of traditional Albanian laws.
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قانون (“law”) (modern Turkish kanun), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Replaced the original term doke.
Pronunciation
Noun
kanun m (plural kanune, definite kanuni, definite plural kanunet)
- a set of codified traditional Albanian laws, specifically the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini
- I dogjëm kanunet e vjetra. ― We burned the old kanuns.
- (archaic) law
- Kanë vendosur me kanun. ― They decided by law.
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References
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kanun”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 711
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kanun, from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanon and qanun.
Noun
kanun (first-person possessive kanunku, second-person possessive kanunmu, third-person possessive kanunnya)
- Alternative spelling of qanun
Further reading
Middle English
Noun
kanun
- Alternative form of canoun (“clergy”)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قانون, from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon. Doublet of kanon.
Pronunciation
Noun
kanun (definite accusative kanunu, plural kanunlar)
- (law) law, statute, code, written set of rules
- Synonym: yasa
- (music) qanun
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Turkmen
Etymology
From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.
Noun
kanun (definite accusative kanuny, plural kanunlar)
- law