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Where does “say” come from?

say (Turkish) comes from Turkish saymak, from Ottoman Turkish صایمق, from Proto-Turkic sā- — to think, count, regard; to think, count; to...

say (Turkish): second-person singular imperative of saymak

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of saymak

Ancestry of “say”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsaymakto count, carry out counting; to count, make a...
2Ottoman Turkishصایمقto count, take into account, consider, respect,...
3Proto-Turkicsā-to think, count, regard; to think, count; to...
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