The month names in Turkish are derived from three languages: either from Latin, Levantine Arabic (which itself took its names from Aramaic), or from a genuine Turkish word. The Arabic-Aramaic month names themselves originate in the ancient Babylonian calendar, and are therefore cognate with the names of months in the Hebrew calendar, specifically Shevat, Nisan, Tammuz and Elul. The original Babylonian months were actual lunar months, as the Hebrew months of the same names are to this day, much like months in the Islamic calendar. Turkey has used Gregorian AD year numbering officially since 1926, though Gregorian calendar dates were in use since March 1917. The names of the months from February to September had been used in the now abandoned Rumi calendar, with the other four still retaining their old Arabic/Aramaic names. In 1945, three of them received names of Turkish origin.
English
Turkish
Etymology
January
ocak
Turkish origin, meaning "oven" or "stove". Literal translation of Arabic word "kānūn".[1]
February
şubat
Arabic origin (Šubāṭ), taken from Aramaic, ultimately from Akkadian; cognate with the Hebrew monthShevat
March
mart
Latin origin (Martius)
April
nisan
Arabic origin (Nīsān), taken from Aramaic, ultimately from Akkadian; cognate with the Hebrew month Nisan
Arabic origin (Ḥazīrān), taken from Aramaic; from ḥzīrā’ (“boar”), by association of Sirius, which rises in the summer, with the boar-god Ninurta.[2]
July
temmuz
Arabic origin (Tammūz), taken from Aramaic, ultimately from Akkadian; cognate with the Hebrew month Tammuz
August
ağustos
Latin origin (Augustus)
September
eylül
Arabic origin (Aylūl), taken from Aramaic, ultimately from Akkadian; cognate with the Hebrew month Elul
October
ekim
Turkish origin, meaning "sowing" (of seeds)
November
kasım
Arabic origin word which means "divider".[3] This word refers to the beginning of winter. According to a Turkish weather proverb, winter begins on 8 November.
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