kânun

See also: kanun

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

kânun

1. (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^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1518