sanık

See also: sanik and sanïk

Turkish

Etymology

Coined from sanmak during the language reform to replace the Arabic borrowing maznun.

Adjective

sanık

1. suspected
2. accused

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sanık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN