sancı
See also: sanci and sancì
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صنجی (sancı), from the same root as sançmak (“to stab”).
Noun
sancı (definite accusative sancıyı, plural sancılar)
- 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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- 1939 September 4, advertisement on page 6 of Cumhuriyet:
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سجنی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 661
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sancı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صنجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1162
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN