different between kanun vs qanun

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kanun (plural kanuns)

1. Alternative spelling of qanun

Etymology 2

From Albanian kanun. Doublet of canon.

Noun

kanun (plural kanuns)

1. A set of traditional Albanian laws.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kanû (Gheg)
• doke (archaic)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (“law”) (modern Turkish kanun), from Arabic ???????? (q?n?n), from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n).. Replaced the original term doke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka?nun]

Noun

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

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

2. (archaic) law

Declension

Synonyms

• ligj
• normë

Derived terms

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kanun, from Arabic ???????? (q?n?n), ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n). Doublet of kanon and qanun.

Noun

kanun (first-person possessive kanunku, second-person possessive kanunmu, third-person possessive kanunnya)

1. Alternative spelling of qanun

Further reading

• “kanun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ??????, from Arabic ???????? (q?n?n), from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n). Cognate with English canon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k??.nun]
• Hyphenation: ka?nun

Noun

kanun (definite accusative kanunu, plural kanunlar)

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

   Synonym: yasa

2. (music) qanun

Declension

See also

• hukuk

Turkmen

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (q?n?n), from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n). Cognate with English canon.

Noun

kanun (definite accusative kanuny, plural kanunlar)

1. law

English

Alternative forms

• canon, canun, kanoon, kanon, kanun, qanon, qanoon, ganoun

Etymology

From Turkish kanun, from Arabic ???????? (q?n?n), from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n). Doublet of canon.

Noun

qanun (plural qanuns)

1. (music) A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.

Derived terms

• qanunist

Translations

References

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

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (q?n?n), ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???nun]
• Hyphenation: qan?un

Noun

qanun (definite accusative qanunu, plural qanunlar)

1. law

2. statute
3. (music) qanun, a musical instrument similar to a zither.

Declension

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Acehnese qanun, from Arabic ???????? (q?n?n), ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n). Doublet of kanon and kanun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qanun/
• Hyphenation: qa?nun

Noun

qanun

1. law, code

   Synonyms: peraturan, hukum, kaidah

   Synonym: kanun (informal)

   1. (Islam) laws established by Muslim sovereigns, in particular the body of administrative, economic and criminal law, especially promulgated by Ottoman sultans, in contrast to sharia, the body of law elaborated by Muslim jurists.
   2. (law) laws established by Aceh autonomous provincial government and the regencies or cities government under it as local law which govern the both governments and society in Aceh.
2. (music) qanun, a musical instrument similar to a zither.

Related terms

Further reading

• “qanun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.