the dog days of late summer · synonym of vague de chaleur (any heat wave or hot spell, regardless of the date, especially when posing a health risk)
çekim: çoğul canicules
eş: vague de chaleur, grosse chaleur
köken: Borrowed from Latin Canicula and canicula. From the ancient association of Canicule (“Sirius, Dog Star”) with late summer heat. Doublet of chenille.
aile: caniculaire
İspanyolcacanícula, ola de calor, vaharada calórica, vaharada calorífica, vaharada térmica (dişil) /kaˈnikula/
dog days (the days between early July and early September when Sirius rises and sets with the Sun)
çekim: çoğul canículas
köken: Borrowed from Latin canicula. Doublet of canijo (and the feminine canija).
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *znojь. Cognate with Slovak znoj (“heat, sweat”), Polish znój (“heat”). An ancient stem in the form of -ju- is assumed. Compare dialectal Russian знеть (znetʹ), зне́ять (znéjatʹ, “to rot, to moulder, to incandesce”).