kanun

kanun (plural kanuns)

1. Alternative spelling of qanun.

From Albanian kanun. Doublet of canon.

kanun (plural kanuns)

1. A set of traditional Albanian laws.

• kanû (Gheg)

From Ottoman Turkish قانون (“law”) (modern Turkish kanun), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).^[1] Replaced the original term doke.

• IPA^(key): [kaˈnun]

kanun m (plural kanune, definite kanuni, definite plural kanunet)

1. a set of codified traditional Albanian laws, specifically the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini

   I dogjëm kanunet e vjetra. ― We burned the old kanuns.

2. (archaic) law

   Kanë vendosur me kanun. ― They decided by law.

• doke
• ligj
• normë

• → English: kanun

From Malay kanun, from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanon and qanun.

kanun (plural kanun-kanun)

1. alternative spelling of qanun

• “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.

kanun

1. alternative form of canoun (“clergy”)

From Ottoman Turkish قانون, from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn) (whence also Persian قانون), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon. Doublet of kanon.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑː.nun]
• Hyphenation: ka‧nun

kanun (definite accusative kanunu, plural kanunlar)

1. (law) law, statute, code, written set of rules

   Synonym: yasa

2. (music) qanun

• kanuni

• hukuk

From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.

kanun (definite accusative kanuny, plural kanunlar)

1. law