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.
Declension
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: kanun
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 of 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)
Declension
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[edit]Turkmen
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.
Noun
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