কানুন

See also: কানন

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قانون (qānūn), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κᾰνών (kanṓn). Cognate with Assamese কানন (kanon), Odia କାନୁନ (kanunô), Maithili कानून (kānūn), Hindustani قَانُون (qānūn) / क़ानून (qānūn), Punjabi ਕਨੂੰਨ (kanū̃nă), Sindhi قانُون (qānūn), Gujarati કાનૂન (kānūn), Marwari कानून (kānūn), English canon.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kanun/, [ˈkanun]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kanun/, [ˈkanun]

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Noun

কানুন • (kanun)

1. law, legal rules

   Synonym: আইন (ain)

Derived terms

• কানুনগো (kanungō)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “কানুন” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “কানুন” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh