saymaq

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic сајмаг
Abjad سایماق

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sā(y)- (to count, to consider). Cognate with Turkish saymak, Chuvash сума (suma, to count, consider, honor, respect, read), etc.

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  • Hyphenation: say‧maq

Verb

saymaq

  1. to count
    1. (intransitive) to recite numbers in sequence
      Sən iyirmiyə qədər saya bilirsən?
      Are you able to count to twenty?
      Neçəyə qədər saya bilirsən?
      How far can you count?
    2. (transitive) to determine the number of (objects in a group)
      Torbadakı almaları sayıb sayını kağıza yaz.
      Count the apples in the bag and write down the number on a piece of paper.
  2. (transitive) to calculate
    xərcləri saymaqto calculate expenses
  3. (transitive) to consider
    kimisə yaxşı adam saymaqto consider somebody a good person
  4. (transitive) to respect, value, regard
    Adam olub, bizi daha saymır.
    has become somebody, doesn't respect us anymore.
    O səni saymır, heç adam yerinəqoymur.
    He doesn't respect you, doesn't even treat you as a human being.

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