Arabic

Noun

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

1. (law) canon
2. axiom, norm, regulation, basic rule, established principle, canon

   الْقَانُون فِي الطِّبّ‎

   al-qānūn fī ṭ-ṭibb

   The Canon of Medicine

3. statute, precept, ordinance
4. law, code
5. tax
6. (music) kanoon (a sort of zither)

Declension

Related terms

• تَقْنِين ‎(taqnīn, “legislation”)
• قَانُونِيّ ‎(qānūniyy, “canonical, legal”)
• قَانُونِيَّة ‎(qānūniyya, “legality”)
• قَنَّنَ ‎(qannana, “to legislate, to determine”)
• مُقَنِّن ‎(muqannin, “legislative, lawmaker”)
• مُقَنَّن ‎(muqannan, “fixed, standard”)

Descendants

• Bashkir: ҡанун ‎(qanun)
• Turkish: kanun
• Turkmen: kanun

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɢɒːˈnuːn/

Noun

قانون • ‎(qânun) ‎(plural قانون‌ها ‎(qânun-hâ) or قوانین ‎(qavânin))

1. law
2. statute
3. rule

Related terms

• قانونی ‎(qânuni)
• قانون‌گذار ‎(qânun-gozâr)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Noun

قانون • ‎(qānūn) m ‎(Hindi spelling क़ानून)

1. law
2. canon
3. statute
4. ordinance
5. rule

Related terms

• قانونی ‎(qānūnī)