kanun

See also: kan-un and kânun

English

Noun

kanun (plural kanuns)

  1. Alternative spelling of qanun

Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Doublet of canon.

Noun

kanun (plural kanuns)

  1. A set of traditional Albanian laws.

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • kanû (Gheg)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قانون (law) (modern Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).[1]. Replaced the original term doke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈnun]

Noun

kanun m (plural kanune, definite kanuni, definite plural kanunet)

  1. a set of codified traditional Albanian laws, specifically the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini
    I dogjëm kanunet e vjetra.We burned the old kanuns.
  2. (archaic) law
    Kanë vendosur me kanun.They decided by law.

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • kanunar
  • kanunizoj
  • kanunor
  • kanunore

References

  1. Topalli, K. (2017), kanun”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 711

Indonesian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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)

  1. Alternative spelling of qanun

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

kanun

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɑː.nun]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧nun

Noun

kanun (definite accusative kanunu, plural kanunlar)

  1. (law) law, statute, code, written set of rules
    Synonym: yasa
  2. (music) qanun

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

See also

Turkmen

Etymology

From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.

Noun

kanun (definite accusative kanuny, plural kanunlar)

  1. law
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