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”).

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.

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References

• 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