saymak
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See also: saýmak
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish صایمق (saymak, “to count, take into account, consider, respect, value, deem, suppose”), from Proto-Turkic *sā- (“to count, to consider”).
Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (sa-, “to count, consider, suppose”), Azerbaijani saymaq (“to count, consider”), Chuvash су (su, “to count, consider, honor, respect, read”), Turkmen saýmak (“to think, assume, suppose, consider”), Yakut аах (aaq, “to read, count, consider”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]saymak (third-person singular simple present sayar)
- (intransitive) to count, carry out counting
- Yüze kadar sayabilirim. ― I can count up to 100.
- (transitive) to count, make a numerical count of
- (transitive) to list, specify, enumerate
- (transitive) to respect, value, regard
- (transitive) to take into account, consider
- (transitive) to deem, regard, reckon, look upon
- (intransitive, with dative) to pay so much money for, to overpay
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “say-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- “saymak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “saymak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
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