English

dude with kanoon

Alternative forms

• canon
• canun
• kanoon
• kanon
• kanun
• qanon

Noun

qanun ‎(plural qanuns)

1. (music) A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, harp, or sackbut having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.
   • 2009 June 21, Daniel J. Wakin, “Ensemble Ambitions in a World Divided”, in New York Times:

     WISPS of mournful tunes from a cane flute mingled with the plucking, jangling arabesques of the zitherlike qanun, the oud and gentle drums.

Derived terms

• qanunist

Translations

References

• "kanoon." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.