sancı

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See also: sanci and sancì

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish صنجی (sancı), from the same root as sançmak (“to stab”).

Noun[edit]

sancı (definite accusative sancıyı, plural sancılar)

  1. a pain in the gut: colic, stomach ache, labor pain, etc.
    • 1939 September 4, advertisement on page 6 of Cumhuriyet:
      Kanzuk URİNAL. Karaciger, böbrek, taş ve kumlarından mütevellid sancılarınız, damar sertlikleri ve şişmanlık şikâyetlerinizi URİNAL ile geciriniz.
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References[edit]

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سجنی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 661
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sancı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صنجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1162
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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