kanun
“kanun” is a Malay word. Its 7 meanings in English:
noun
- principle, code, law
- 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
- statute, precept, ordinance
- religious law
- the works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic Narratology
- group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
Etymology
From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Christian sense influenced by Latin canon.
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