صیقندی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From صیقمق‎ (sıkmak, “to squeeze, press”).

Noun

صیقندی • (sıkındı, sıkıntı)

anything expressed as juice, oil, etc.
temporary bodily inconvenience or pressing want
embarrassment
suffering

Derived terms

صیقندیجی‎ (sıkındıcı)
صیقندیسز‎ (sıkındısız)
صیقندیلو‎ (sıkındılı)

Descendants

Turkish: sıkıntı
→ Armenian: սըխընթը (səxəntʿə), սըխընթի (səxəntʿi)

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صیقندی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1202
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “صیقندی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 780

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