kanun
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editkanun (plural kanuns)
- Alternative spelling of qanun
Etymology 2
editFrom Albanian kanun. Doublet of canon.
Noun
editkanun (plural kanuns)
- A set of traditional Albanian laws.
Albanian
editAlternative forms
edit- kanû (Gheg)
Etymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish قانون (“law”) (modern Turkish kanun), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).[1] Replaced the original term doke.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkanun 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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editReferences
edit- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kanun”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 711
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay kanun, from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanon and qanun.
Noun
editkanun (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 of Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
editNoun
editkanun
- Alternative form of canoun (“clergy”)
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish قانون, from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon. Doublet of kanon.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkanun (definite accusative kanunu, plural kanunlar)
Declension
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editTurkmen
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.
Noun
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