sancı

== 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) a pain in the gut: colic, stomach ache, labor pain, etc. 1939 September 4, advertisement on page 6 of Cumhuriyet: === 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 Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN