ocak

Meaning

  1. stove, oven, fireplace
  2. chimney
  3. quarry
  4. January
  5. (figuratively) home, family, household

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/oˈd͡ʒɑk/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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