kânun
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See also: kanun
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish كانون (kânûn, “hearth; first two months of winter”), from Arabic كَانُون (kānūn, “hearth”).
Noun[edit]
kânun
- (archaic) The first two months of winter
- Birinci kânun ― December
- İkinci kânun ― January
Derived terms[edit]
- kânunuevvel (“December”, literally “first kânun”)
- kânunusani (“January”, literally “second kânun”)
References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kânun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كانون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1518