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English
Verb
saye (third-person singular simple present sayes, present participle sayeing, simple past and past participle saide)
- Obsolete spelling of say
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She ſpeakes, yet ſhe ſayes nothing, what of that?
Anagrams
Hausa
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
sàyē m (plural sàyē-sàyē, possessed form sàyen)
- A purchase; buying
- verbal noun of saya
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
sā̀yē m (possessed form sā̀yen)
- Speaking in a way such as to hide the meaning from a listener.
Middle English
Verb
saye
- Alternative form of assayen
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 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
- third-person singular optative active of seti (“to sleep”)
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سایه (saye), from Persian سایه (sâye, “shadow, shade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saːˈje/
- Hyphenation: sa‧ye
Noun
saye (definite accusative sayeyi, plural sayeler)
- (archaic) shadow; shade
- Synonym: gölge
- (archaic, figuratively) protection
- (in possessive with locative) (with or without possessive pronoun) Thanks to, credit goes to ... for this.
- benim sayemde ― thanks to me
- sayemde ― well, thanks to me
- onların sayesinde ― thanks to them
- sayelerinde (rare) ― thanks to them
Bizim sayemizde adam oldun!- You became a somebody thanks to us!
Sayende kapıda kaldık.- Thanks to you, we got locked out of the house.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, 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
Further reading
- “saye”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “saye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “saye”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “saye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4018
Zazaki
Noun
saye
- apple