қонун
Persian
/qɔːnun/
regional
Definitions
- law
- statute
- rule
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَانُون (law, tax) derived from Ancient Greek κανών (standard, measuring rod).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κανών
Gloss
standard, measuring rod
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canon Latin
- canonista Latin
- canōn Latin
- Kanon German
- canon Dutch, Flemish
- канун Russian
- κανών Ancient Greek
- قانون Arabic
- قَانُون Arabic
- قانون Persian
- κανόνας Greek (modern)
- kanon Indonesian
- kanun Turkish
- kanun Malay
- qanun Azerbaijani
- kanuni Swahili
- قانون Urdu
- qonun Uzbek
- კანონი Old Georgian
- kanun Turkmen
- qanun Acehnese