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)
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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 (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