sandık

Turkish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish صندوق (sandık), from Persian صندوق (sonduq), from Arabic صَنْدُوق (ṣandūq), from Ancient Greek σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē).

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