savayı

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Common Turkic *sov- (“to turn of the road; to take aside; to cease”), whence also Azerbaijani sovulmaq and Azerbaijani sovuşmaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɑvɑ(ː)ˈjɯ]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧va‧yı
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Postposition

savayı

  1. other than, except for, but, apart from [with ablative]
    Synonyms: başqa, qeyri
    Məndən savayı hamı orada idi. ― Everyone was there except for me.
    • 1870 – 1933, Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev, Yeyərsən qaz ətini, görərsən ləzzətini:
      Yоxdur mənim dünyada bir kəsim, savayı sən. Səndən mədəd istəyirəm.
      I don't have anyone else in this world except you. I am asking for your help.

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