20 Ekim 2008 Pazartesi

Weekdays' and Months' meanings in Turkish

Weekdays:
Monday: Pazartesi [after sunday]
Tuesday: Salı[from "Sellase"= 3 in Arabic]
Wednesday: Çarşamba[4th day from Persian("çehar" 4 and "şembe" is day)]
Thursday: Perşembe[5th day from Persian(same as wednesday, "penc"=5)]
Friday: Cuma[from Arabic a word mean to gather because in Islam friday is the day for prayer]
Saturday: Cumartesi[after friday]
Sunday: Pazar[ususally in Turkey local marketplaces are in this day we call them pazar(bazaar) in Turkish

Months:
January: Ocak["Kânûn-i Sani" which means something like"stove month" was useing for January then its translated into Turkish]
February: Şubat[from the Syriac word Şabat but don't know the meaning]
Match: Mart[same as English]
April: Nisan[from Arabic, Syriac and Sumerian(which one is the first source i don't know) the word means "first fruits]
May: Mayıs[same as English]
June: Haziran[from the Syriac word "hazıran" which means "hot"]
July: Temmuz[from the word "tamuz" in old Turkish or "dummuzi" which is a god name in Sumerian and in Syriac "temmuz" was the name of that god]
August: Ağustos[Same as English]
September: Eylül[from the Arabic word "eylûl" and Syriac word "aylûl" which means "grape"]
October: Ekim[means "planting" in Turkish]
November: Kasım[i don't know the relation but "kâsim" means divider(or something like that) in Arabic]
December: Aralık[it just means "interval" or "half open"(for door etc.) but why, i have no idea]

Mostly used Wikipedia in Turkish and Ek$isozluk

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