sav

Meaning

Noun

1. contention
2. theorem
3. proposition
4. thesis
5. assertion
6. argument, allegation, claim
7. gossip
8. (Niğde) conversation
9. letter
10. (Elazığ) epidemic
11. news

Verb

second-person singular imperative of savmak

Concepts

thesis

argument

claim

affirmation

contention

statement

command

assertion

Synonyms

tez

iddia

hüccet

kanıt

söz

teorem

ileri sürülen söz

dava

tez savunması

delil

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ساو (sav) or from other historic Turkic varieties. The term fell out of use in Turkey in the XVII-th century and was reintroduced during the language reform in order to replace داعیه (dâiye, “incitement, cause, motive”) and ادعا (iddiâ). The last term is still in use, however, see iddia.
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sāb.