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قانون · قَانُون — law

Same meaningCertainnoun · Society · everyday

Persian took the Arabic word and kept its meaning.

Arabic

قَانُون
qānūn

/qaːnuːn/

In Arabic

law

Persian

قانون
qānun

/ɢɒnun/

In Persian

law

Root
ق ن ن
Plural Persian kept
قوانینقَوَانِينqavānin · qawānīn

Note. Arabic took it from Greek kanōn; Persian took it from Arabic.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr