قانون

Arabic

Root
ق ن ن (q n n)
7 terms

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/

Noun

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

(law) canon
(religion) canon
قانون الكتاب المقدس ― The Canon of the Bible
axiom, norm, regulation, basic rule, established principle, canon
الْقَانُون فِي الطِّبّ ― al-qānūn fī ṭ-ṭibb ― The Canon of Medicine
statute, precept, ordinance
law, code
tax
(music) qanun, kanoon, or ganoun (a musical instrument similar to a zither)

Declension

Declension of noun **قَانُون** (qānūn)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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
plural	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

Maltese: qanun
→ 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)
→ Swahili: ganuni
→ Turkmen: kanun
→ Uyghur: قانۇن (qanun)
→ Uzbek: qonun

Brahui

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (qānūn), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).

Noun

قَانُون (qānūn)

law

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ن ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaː.nuːn/, [qaː.nuːn], [ɡaː.nuːn]

Noun

قانون • (gānūn) m (plural قَوانين (gawānīn))

law, code
(music) qanun, kanoon, or ganoun (a musical instrument similar to a zither)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

قانونجی (kanuncu, “lawmaker, legislator”)

Related terms

قانوناً (kanunen)

Descendants

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

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قانون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), 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

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (qānūn), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn). Ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.

Noun

قانُون (qānūn) m

law, rule, canon

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaː.ˈnuːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.núːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.núːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.nún]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.núːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.nún]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qānūn
Dari reading^?	qānūn
Iranian reading^?	ġânun
Tajik reading^?	qonun

Noun


Iranian Persian	قانون
Dari	قانون
Tajik	қонун

قانون • (qânun) (plural قانون‌ها, or قوانین (qavânin))

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)
→ Punjabi: ਕਨੂੰਨ (kanū̃nă)
→ Santali: ᱠᱟᱹᱱᱩᱱ (kănun)
→ Urdu: قانُون (qānūn)

Sindhi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [qɑːnuːnʊ]

Noun

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قانون • (qānūnu) m (Devanagari क़ानूनु)

law, rule

References

“قانون”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ن ن
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn).

Noun

قانون • (qanūn, ʔanūn) m (plural قوانين (qawanīn, ʔwanīn))

law, rule

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (qānūn), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn). Ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.nuːn/
Rhymes: -uːn
Hyphenation: قا‧نُون

Noun

قانُون • (qānūn) m (formal plural قَوَانِین (qavānīn), Hindi spelling क़ानून)

law, rule, statute, ordinance

Related terms

قانُونی (qānūnī)
غَیر قانُونی (ġair qānūnī)
مُقَنِّنَہ (muqannina)