صیقندی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

صیقندی • (sıkındı, sıkıntı)

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

  • Turkish: sıkıntı
  • → Armenian: սըխընթը (səxəntʻə), սըխընթի (səxəntʻi)
  • → Ladino: sikintí

Further reading

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