No. 4,279 in Turkish
sayan
"Counting" or "considering."
In a sentence
O, hayatta değerleri koruyan ve insanları sayan biridir.
He is someone who preserves values and respects people in life.
In this sentence, 'sayan' means 'respecting', indicating a person who demonstrates respect towards others.
Gözleri camdaki nakışları hayranlıkla sayan çocuk, saatlerce orada bekledi.
The child, admiringly counting the patterns on the glass, waited there for hours.
Here, 'sayan' means 'counting', depicting the action of enumerating or numbering something.
Araştırmacılar, doğal yaşama popülasyonları sayan bir yöntem geliştirdiler.
Researchers developed a method for counting populations in natural life.
In this context, 'sayan' means 'counting', referring to monitoring or evaluating numerical occurrences of a group or population.
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