ocak
Meaning
- stove, oven, fireplace
- chimney
- quarry
- January
- (figuratively) home, family, household
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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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