sayın

Turkish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Chagatai [script needed] (sayın, “good, well, distinguished”), from a Mongolic language (compare modern Mongolian сайн (sajn, “good, well”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑˈjɯn/, [s̪ɑˈjɯn̪]
• Rhymes: -ɯn
• Hyphenation: sa‧yın

Adjective

sayın

1. A formal way of addressing a person or people in a formal context or in a starting of a speech, letter, message, memo, etc., honorable, dear, esteemed, fellow

   Synonyms: saygıdeğer, muhterem

   Sayın yoldaşlarım...

   My fellow comrades

   Sayın başbakanım, demeye çalıştığım şey...

   Dear prime minister, what I was trying to say was...

2. A formal honorific title used when talking about someone in a formal context

   Sayın cumhurbaşkanımızın da dediği gibi...

   Just as our honorable president has said...

Further reading

• “sayın”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sayın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük