saymak

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 (sa-, “to count, consider, suppose”), Azerbaijani saymaq (“to count, consider”), Chuvash сума (suma, “to count, consider, honor, respect, read”), Turkmen saýmak (“to think, assume, suppose, consider”), Yakut аах (aaq, “to read, count, consider”).

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saymak (third-person singular simple present sayar)

1. (intransitive) to count, carry out counting

   Yüze kadar sayabilirim. ― I can count up to 100.

2. (transitive) to count, make a numerical count of
3. (transitive) to list, specify, enumerate
4. (transitive) to respect, value, regard
5. (transitive) to take into account, consider
6. (transitive) to deem, regard, reckon, look upon
7. (intransitive, with dative) to pay so much money for, to overpay

• 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