odak

== Turkish == === Etymology === From od (“fire”) +‎ -ak, literally “fireplace”. Calque of Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”). Coined by Turkish Language Association in 1945 as a replacement for the earlier mihrak, a pseudo-loan calqued from the same. Doublet of oda and otağ. === Noun === odak (definite accusative odağı, plural odaklar) focus, focal point ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “odak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “odak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı