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canun

canun is the alternative form of qanun.

Meaning of qanun

Noun

qanun (plural qanuns)

  1. A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges.
    • WISPS of mournful tunes from a cane flute mingled with the plucking, jangling arabesques of the zitherlike qanun, the oud and gentle drums.2009 June 21, Daniel J. Wakin, “Ensemble Ambitions in a World Divided”, in New York Times

Forms of canun

pluralcanuns

Questions about canun

What is canun the alternative form of?
Canun is the alternative form of qanun.

Words near canun in the dictionary

  1. canulates
  2. canulating
  3. canulation
  4. canulations
  5. Canuls
  6. canun
  7. canuns
  8. Canup
  9. Canupp
  10. Canupps
  11. Canups

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canun (page history and authors); qanun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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