kânun

See also: kanun

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كانون (kânûn, “hearth; first two months of winter”), from Arabic كَانُون (kānūn, “hearth”).

Noun

kânun

(archaic) The first two months of winter
Birinci kânun ― December

İkinci kânun ― January

Derived terms

kânunuevvel (“December”, literally “first kânun”)
kânunusani (“January”, literally “second kânun”)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kânun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كانون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1518

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