saat

Meaning

1. time (referring the type of time that one reads from a watch or a clock, it does not have the same meaning as zaman)
2. clock, watch
3. hour
4. meter, counter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɑˈɑtʲ/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ساعت (saʼat), from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

Sentences

İki zanlı da kırk sekiz saat süreyle gözaltına alındı.

Both suspects were detained for forty-eight hours.

Sıcakta yedi sekiz saat yol alıyorduk.

We were driving for seven or eight hours in the heat.

Belki bir saat oturduğum yerde kaldıktan sonra yavaşça ve sallanarak doğruldum.

After staying where I was for maybe an hour, I stood up slowly and and swayed upright.