kanun
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
kanun (plural kanuns)
- Alternative spelling of qanun
Etymology 2[edit]
From Albanian kanun. Doublet of canon.
Noun[edit]
kanun (plural kanuns)
- A set of traditional Albanian laws.
Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- kanû (Gheg)
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish قانون (“law”) (modern Turkish kanun), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).[1] Replaced the original term doke.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kanun m (plural kanune, definite kanuni, definite plural kanunet)
- a set of codified traditional Albanian laws, specifically the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini
- I dogjëm kanunet e vjetra. ― We burned the old kanuns.
- (archaic) law
- Kanë vendosur me kanun. ― They decided by law.
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References[edit]
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kanun”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 711
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malay kanun, from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanon and qanun.
Noun[edit]
kanun (first-person possessive kanunku, second-person possessive kanunmu, third-person possessive kanunnya)
- Alternative spelling of qanun
Further reading[edit]
- “kanun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
kanun
- Alternative form of canoun (“clergy”)
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish قانون, from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon. Doublet of kanon.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kanun (definite accusative kanunu, plural kanunlar)
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Turkmen[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.
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