قانون

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Arabic

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Root
ق ن ن (q n n)
6 terms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Treated as if from the root ق ن ن (q-n-n). Compare قَنَّنَ (qannana, to legalise).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.nuːn/
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Noun

قَانُون (qānūnm (plural قَوَانِين (qawānīn))

  1. (law) canon
  2. (religion) canon
    قانون الكتاب المقدسThe Canon of the Bible
  3. axiom, norm, regulation, basic rule, established principle, canon
    الْقَانُون فِي الطِّبّal-qānūn fī ṭ-ṭibbThe Canon of Medicine
  4. statute, precept, ordinance
  5. law, code
  6. tax
  7. (music) qanun, kanoon, or ganoun (a musical instrument similar to a zither)

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: qanun
  • Bashkir: ҡанун (qanun)
  • Malay: kanun
  • Middle Armenian: ղանոն (ġanon)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قانون (see there for further descendants)
  • Persian: قانون (qânun) (see there for further descendants)
  • Turkmen: kanun
  • Uyghur: قانۇن (qanun)
  • Uzbek: qonun

Brahui

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).

Noun

قَانُون (qānūn)

  1. law

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ن ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn).

Pronunciation

Noun

قانون (gānūnm (plural قَوانين (gawānīn))

  1. law, code
  2. (music) qanun, kanoon, or ganoun (a musical instrument similar to a zither)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).

Noun

قانون (kanun) (accusative definite قانونی (kanunu), plural قوانین (kavanin) or قانونلر (kanunlar))

  1. law (of man, as distinct from the law of God)
  2. (music) qanun (a type of dulcimer)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qānūn
Dari reading? qānūn
Iranian reading? ğânun
Tajik reading? qonun

Noun

Dari قانون
Iranian Persian
Tajik қонун

قانون (qânun) (plural قانون‌ها (qânun-hâ) or قوانین (qavânin))

  1. law
  2. statute
  3. rule

Derived terms

Descendants

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).

Pronunciation

Noun

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قانون (qānūnum (Devanagari क़ानूनु)

  1. law, rule

References

  • قانون”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ن ن
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn).

Noun

قانون (qanūn, ʔanūnm (plural قوانين (qawanīn, ʕwanīn))

  1. law, rule

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قانون (qānūn), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn). Ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.

Pronunciation

Noun

قانُون (qānūnm (formal plural قوانین (qvānen), Hindi spelling क़ानून)

  1. law, rule, statute, ordinance