قانون گو

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaː.nuːn ˈɡoː/, /qaː.nuːn ˈɡuː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.nuːn ɡoː], [qɑː.nuːn ɡuː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.nuːn ɡoː], [qɑː.nuːn ɡuː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.nuːn ɡoː], [qɑː.nuːn ɡuː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.nun ɡʊː], [qɔː.nun ɡu]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.nuːn ɡ̥uː], [qɒː.nuːn ɡ̥uː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.nun ɡɵ], [qɔ.nun ɡu]

Readings
Classical reading?	qānūn gō, qānūn gū
Dari reading?	qānūn gō, qānūn gū
Iranian reading?	ġânun gu, ġânun gu
Tajik reading?	qonun gü, qonun gu

Noun

قانون گو • (qānūn gō, qānūn gū / ġânun gu, ġânun gu)

1. an officer whose duty is to register and expound the laws of the empire
2. an officer in each district acquainted with the customs, and with the nature of the tenures of the land

Descendants

• → Assamese: কানন্গো (kanongü)
• → Bengali: কানুনগো (kanungō)
• → Bundeli: कानूनगो (kānūngo)
• → Gujarati: કાનૂગો (kānūgo)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़ानूनगो (qānūngo)

  Urdu: قَانُون گو (qānūn go)

• → Maithili: कानूनगो (kānūnᵊgō)
• → Odia: କାନୁନ୍ଗୋ (kānungo)
• → Punjabi: kānūgo

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਨੂਗੋ

  Shahmukhi script: کانُوگو

• → Sindhi: qānūṅgo

  Arabic script: قانُون گو

  Devanagari script: क़ानून गो

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “قانون گو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قانون گو (qānūn-go)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qɑnun‿ɡo]

Noun

قانُون گو • (qānūṅgo) ? (Devanagari क़ानून गो)

1. ruler of law and explainer

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “قانُون_گو”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قانون گو (qānūn-go)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.nuːn ɡoː/

Noun

قَانُون گو • (qānūn go) m (Hindi spelling क़ानूनगो)

1. (historical) an officer in each district, acquainted with its customs, the nature and tenures of the land

References

• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “قانون_گو”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]