क़ानून

See also: कानून, किन्नु, कनीन, and क़ानूनी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (qānūn), from Arabic قَانُون (qānūn)، from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Cognate with English canon, Bengali কানুন (kanun), Gujarati કાનૂન (kānūn), Odia କାନୁନ (kanunô), Punjabi ਕਨੂੰਨ (kanū̃nă), Santali ᱠᱟᱹᱱᱩᱱ (kănun).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qɑː.nuːn/, [qäː.nũːn], /kɑː.nuːn/, [käː.nũːn]

Noun

क़ानून • (qānūn) m (Urdu spelling قانون)

law, statute
यह बात क़ानून से संगत नहीं है।
yah bāt qānūn se saṅgat nahī̃ hai.
This action is not consistent with the law.

सरकार क़ानून बनाती है। ― sarkār qānūn banātī hai. ― The government makes the laws.

Declension

Declension of क़ानून (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़ानून qānūn	क़ानून qānūn
oblique	क़ानून qānūn	क़ानूनों qānūnõ
vocative	क़ानून qānūn	क़ानूनो qānūno

Synonyms

आईन (āīn)
विधि (vidhi)

Related terms

क़ानूनी (qānūnī)

References

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “क़ानून”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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