How To Write The Days, Months, & Seasons In Turkish

Planning your yearly calendar can either be a fun thing or a boring activity. The verdict is up to you. But what you can do to spice up this smol project is to incorporate your language studies when crafting your pages. For example, if you’re learning Turkish, then you should try writing the days, months, and seasons in Turkish. This way, you’re learning how to write the words correctly, as well as you’re constantly enhancing your vocabulary throughout your crafting session. Don’t forget, you’re also practicing how to write the dates using the present Turkish writing format of DD.MM.YYYY which translates to Date.Month.Year.

Let’s practice: if you have your phone next to you or a sheet of paper… better yet, if your cute calendar is right by you, head over to the first empty page. On the top right, write the date for today. Remember the format: date-month-year. Now, how’s that for a start?

Days of the week
In Turkey, Monday is the first day of the week.

• Monday: Pazartesi (pa-zar-teh-si)
• Tuesday: Salı (sa-luh)
• Wednesday: Çarşamba (char-sham-bah)
• Thursday: Perşembe (per-shem-beh)
• Friday: Cuma (ju-ma)
• Saturday: Cumartesi (ju-mar-teh-si)
• Sunday: Pazar (pa-zar)

Months of the year
The Turkish names of the months come from either Latin, Turkish, or Levantine Arabic.

• January: Ocak (ooh-jak) With a Turkish origin which means “oven” or “stove”
• February: Şubat (shu-bat) With an Arabic origin which is related to the 5th month of the Hebrew calendar
• March: Mart (mart) With a Latin origin; from the word Martius
• April: Nisan (nee-san) With an Arabic origin which is related to the 1st month of the Hebrew calendar
• May: Mayıs (my-uhs) With a Latin origin from the Greek goddess Maia
• June: Haziran (ha-zee-ran) With an Arabic origin which means “boar”
• July: Temmuz (tem-muz) With an Arabic origin which is related to the 7th month of the Hebrew calendar
• August: Ağustos (aw-us-tos) With a Latin origin; from the word Augustus
• September: Eylül (ay-lool) With an Arabic origin which is related to the 6th month of the Hebrew calendar
• October: Ekim (eh-kim) With a Turkish origin which means “sowing”
• November: Kasım (kah-suhm) With an Arabic origin which means “divider”
• December: Aralık (ah-rah-luhk) With a Turkish origin which means “gap”

Seasons
Evet (which translates to yes in English) Turkey has all four seasons.

• Summer: Yaz (yaz)
• Autumn: Sonbahar (son-ba-har)
• Winter: Kış (kuhsh)
• Spring: Ilkbahar (eelk-ba-har)