قانون

Arabic

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 • (qānūn) m (plural قَوَانِين (qawānīn))

1. (law) canon
2. axiom, norm, regulation, basic rule, established principle, canon

   الْقَانُون فِي الطِّبّ

   al-qānūn fī ṭ-ṭibb

   The Canon of Medicine

3. statute, precept, ordinance
4. law, code
5. tax
6. (music) qanun, kanoon, or ganoun (a musical instrument similar to a zither)

Declension

Declension of noun قَانُون (qānūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَانُون qānūn	الْقَانُون al-qānūn	قَانُون qānūn
Nominative	قَانُونٌ qānūnun	الْقَانُونُ al-qānūnu	قَانُونُ qānūnu
Accusative	قَانُونًا qānūnan	الْقَانُونَ al-qānūna	قَانُونَ qānūna
Genitive	قَانُونٍ qānūnin	الْقَانُونِ al-qānūni	قَانُونِ qānūni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَانُونَيْن qānūnayn	الْقَانُونَيْن al-qānūnayn	قَانُونَيْ qānūnay
Nominative	قَانُونَانِ qānūnāni	الْقَانُونَانِ al-qānūnāni	قَانُونَا qānūnā
Accusative	قَانُونَيْنِ qānūnayni	الْقَانُونَيْنِ al-qānūnayni	قَانُونَيْ qānūnay
Genitive	قَانُونَيْنِ qānūnayni	الْقَانُونَيْنِ al-qānūnayni	قَانُونَيْ qānūnay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوَانِين qawānīn	الْقَوَانِين al-qawānīn	قَوَانِين qawānīn
Nominative	قَوَانِينُ qawānīnu	الْقَوَانِينُ al-qawānīnu	قَوَانِينُ qawānīnu
Accusative	قَوَانِينَ qawānīna	الْقَوَانِينَ al-qawānīna	قَوَانِينَ qawānīna
Genitive	قَوَانِينَ qawānīna	الْقَوَانِينِ al-qawānīni	قَوَانِينِ qawānīni

Synonyms

• (law): نَامُوس (nāmūs), شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa)

Derived terms

• قَانُونِيّ (qānūniyy)
• قَانُونِيَّة (qānūniyya)

Related terms

• قَنَّنَ (qannana)
  • تَقْنِين (taqnīn)
  • مُقَنِّن (muqannin)
  • مُقَنَّن (muqannan)

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

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Brahui

Etymology

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

Noun

قانون (kānūn)

1. law

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Descendants

• Turkish: kanun
• → Albanian: kanun
• → Armenian: քանոն (kʻanon)
  • → English: kanon
• → English: qanun

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قانون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 938
• Mallouf, Nassif (1867) “قانون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 958
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قانون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1425

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Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	q
Dari reading?	q
Iranian reading?	ğ
Tajik reading?	q

Noun

Dari	قانون
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қонун

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

1. law
2. statute
3. rule

Derived terms

• قانونی (qânuni)
• قانون‌گذار (qânun-gozâr)
• قانون‌گذاری (qânun-gozâri)

Descendants

• → Assamese: কানুন (kanun)
• → Bengali: কানুন (kanun)
• → Gujarati: કાનૂન (kānūn)
• → Hindi: क़ानून (qānūn)
• → Northern Kurdish: qanûn
• → Central Kurdish: قانوون (qanûn)
• → Santali: ᱠᱟᱹᱱᱩᱱ (kănun)

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Urdu

Etymology

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

Noun

قانون • (qānūn) m (Hindi spelling क़ानून)

1. law
2. canon
3. statute
4. ordinance
5. rule

Related terms

• قانونی (qānūnī)