saye

See also: Saye

English

Verb

saye

1. Obsolete spelling of say.

Anagrams

• Ayes, Seay, ayes, easy, eyas, yaes, yeas

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Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sà.jéː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sɛ̀.jéː]

Noun

sàyē m (plural sàyē-sàyē, possessed form sàyen)

1. A purchase; buying
2. verbal noun of saya

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sàː.jéː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sàː.jéː]

Noun

sā̀yē m (possessed form sā̀yen)

1. Speaking in a way such as to hide the meaning from a listener.

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Middle English

Verb

saye

1. Alternative form of assayen

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀬𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• सये (Devanagari script)
• সযে (Bengali script)
• සයෙ (Sinhalese script)
• သယေ (Burmese script)
• สเย or สะเย (Thai script)
• ᩈᨿᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ສເຍ or ສະເຍ or ສະເຢ (Lao script)
• សយេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄠𑄬 (Chakma script)

Verb

saye

1. third-person singular optative active of seti (“to sleep”)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سایه, from Persian سایه (sâye).

Noun

saye (definite accusative sayeyi, plural sayeler) (archaic)

1. shadow; shade

   Synonym: gölge

2. (figuratively) protection

Derived terms

• sayesinde

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “saye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1033
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 989