քանոն

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Armenian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

A ruler--a measuring device

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քանոն (kʻanon).

Noun[edit]

քանոն (kʻanon)

  1. ruler (measuring tool)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

dude with kanoon

From Ottoman Turkish قانون (kanun), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn). Doublet of Middle Armenian ղանոն (ġanon).

Noun[edit]

քանոն (kʻanon)

  1. (music) kanoon
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • English: kanon

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “քանօն”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Via Classical Syriac or Parthian from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of կանոն (kanon).

Noun[edit]

քանոն (kʻanon)

  1. rod, bar of a cage, bed, etc.
  2. ruler, rule, square (tool)
  3. (figuratively) rule, guide, model, principle

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քանոն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քանոն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քանոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press