qanun

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

From Turkish kanun, from Arabic قَانُون‎ (qānūn), from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of canon.

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.

• qanunist

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ɡɑːnun]
• Hyphenation: qan‧un

qanun (definite accusative qanunu, plural qanunlar)

1. law

   qanun qəbul etmək ― to pass a law

   qanun çıxarmaq ― to make a law

   qanunu pozmaq ― to break the law

   qanunu ləğv etmək ― to abolish the law

   qanun çərçivəsində işləmək ― to operate within the framework of law

   Bir dəfə qanun çıxarmışdılar ki, daha ölmək olmaz, qadağandır. Qanun tez-tez pozulurdu və axırda onu ləğv etdilər.

   Once they made a law that dying isn't allowed anymore, it's prohibited. The law was often violated and at the end they abolished it.

2. statute

• qanuni (“legal”)
  • qanuniləşmək (“to legalize”)
    • qanuniləşdirmək (“to legalize something”)
• qanunsuz (“illigal”)
  • qanunsuzluq (“lawlessness”)
• qanunverici (“legislative; lawmaker”)
  • qanunvericilik (“legislation; law-making”)
  • qanunverici hakimiyyət (“legislature”)