sancı

See also: sanci and sancì

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صنجی (sancı), from the same root as sançmak (“to stab”) and sancak (“flag, banner (originally attached to a lance or spear)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sanˈd͡ʒɯ/

Noun

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.
      Kanzuk URİNAL. Relieve liver and kidney pain, as well as kidney stones, as well as your complaints of hardened arteries and obesity with URİNAL.

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سجنی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), 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
  • Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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