saymak

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to count, carry out counting
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

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صایمق (saymak, “to count, take into account, consider, respect, value, deem, suppose”), from Proto-Turkic *sā(j)- (“to count, to consider”).
Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (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”).