sandık

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑnˈdɯk]
• Hyphenation: san‧dık

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.?

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σύν (sún)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)

Ancient Greek σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)

Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē)bor.

Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq)bor.

Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq)bor.

Ottoman Turkish صندوق (sandık)

Turkish sandık

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صندوق (sandık), borrowed from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq), borrowed from Aramaic צנדוק (ṣəndūq, “coffer, especially one storing documents, safe-guarding precious items”), borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē), from σῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ, “to place or put together”), from συν- (sun-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).

Noun

sandık (definite accusative sandığı, plural sandıklar)

1. chest, trunk
2. coffer, strongbox
3. (by extension) ballot box

   Synonym: seçim sandığı

Declension

Declension of sandık

	singular	plural
nominative	sandık	sandıklar
definite accusative	sandığı	sandıkları
dative	sandığa	sandıklara
locative	sandıkta	sandıklarda
ablative	sandıktan	sandıklardan
genitive	sandığın	sandıkların

Derived terms

• hazine sandığı
• sandıkçı

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sandık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صندوق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1187

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sandık

1. first-person plural indicative simple past of sanmak