kanun
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Etymology 1
Noun
kanun (plural kanuns)
- Alternative spelling of qanun
Etymology 2
From Albanian kanun. Doublet of canon.
Noun
kanun (plural kanuns)
- A set of traditional Albanian laws.
Albanian
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Etymology
From Turkish kanun (“law”), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Declension of kanun
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References
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kanun”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 711
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.
Pronunciation
Noun
kanun (definite accusative kanunu, plural kanunlar)
Declension
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Turkmen
Etymology
From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon.
Noun
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