Definition:
1. A honeymoon is the traditional holiday taken by newlyweds (or between two people in an early harmonious period in a relationship) to celebrate their marriage in intimacy and seclusion. Today, honeymoons by Westerners are sometimes celebrated somewhere exotic or otherwise considered special and romantic.
Or: 2. "The first month after marriage, when there is nothing but tenderness and pleasure" (Samuel Johnson); originally having no reference to the period of a month, but comparing the mutual affection of newly-married persons to the changing moon which is no sooner full than it begins to wane; now, usually, the holiday spent together by a newly-married couple, before settling down at home.
There are many calques of the word honeymoon from English into other languages. The Welsh word for honeymoon is mis mêl (honey month). In Hebrew it is yerach d'vash, or honeymonth. (Interestingly, Yerach is used for month, rather than the more common Chodesh. Yerach is related to the word Yare'ach for moon and the two words are spelled alike: ירח.) In Arabic it is shahr el 'assal, meaning 'honey month'. The Spanish word for honeymoon is la luna de miel (the moon of honey), the Italian luna di miele (same translation), and the Greek μήνας του μέλιτος (same translation). The Persian word for it is mah e asal which has both the translations honeymoon and honey month (mah in Persian meaning both moon and month). The same goes for the word ay in the Turkish equivalent, balayı.
So honeymoon in Turkey is balayı.
P.S: Turkey is a nice country with nice people. Good food and ...a huge bed at the Siam hotel!!!
In the near future I want to see Pamukkale!
