क़ानून
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قانون (qānūn), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn)، from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon, Bengali কানুন (kanun), Gujarati કાનૂન (kānūn), Odia କାନୁନ (kānuna), Punjabi ਕਨੂੰਨ (kanū̃nă), Santali ᱠᱟᱹᱱᱩᱱ (kănun).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /qɑː.nuːn/, [qäː.nũːn], /kɑː.nuːn/, [käː.nũːn]
Noun
क़ानून • (qānūn) m (Urdu spelling قانون)
- law, statute
- यह बात क़ानून से संगत नहीं है।
- yah bāt qānūn se saṅgat nahī̃ hai.
- This action is not consistent with the law.
- सरकार क़ानून बनाती है। ― sarkār qānūn banātī hai. ― The government makes the laws.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | क़ानून qānūn |
क़ानून qānūn |
| oblique | क़ानून qānūn |
क़ानूनों qānūnõ |
| vocative | क़ानून qānūn |
क़ानूनो qānūno |
Synonyms
Related terms
- क़ानूनी (qānūnī)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “क़ानून”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.