English
Qanungo
Qanungo comes from Classical Persian قانون گو ‘an officer whose duty is to register and…’.
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentقانون گوqānūn-go‘an officer whose duty is to register and expound the laws of the empire’
- EnglishtodayQanungo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentقانون گوqānūn-go‘an officer whose duty is to register and expound the laws of the empire’
- EnglishtodayQanungo
The story
This designation was used in South Asia for hereditary registrar of landed property in a subdivision of a district, meaning “an expounder of law”.
Every English word from Classical Persian قانون گو
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Classical Persian قانون گو / Qanungo