ocak

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اوجاق (ocak), originally from Proto-Turkic *ōtčak (“hearth”). The sense January is a calque of Arabic كانون (literally “hearth”) (hence Turkish kânun), the name of two months in Rumi calendar. Cognate to Turkmen ojak, Azerbaijani ocaq, &c.

• IPA^(key): /oˈd͡ʒɑk/

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ocak (definite accusative ocağı, plural ocaklar)

1. stove, oven, fireplace
2. chimney
4. January

   Synonym: (archaic) kânunusani

5. (figuratively) home, family, household

• (Gregorian calendar months) ay; ocak, şubat, mart, nisan, mayıs, haziran, temmuz, ağustos, eylül, ekim, kasım, aralık ^{(Category: tr:Months)}