sayım
noun B2- an act of counting, enumeration
- count, tally
- inventory
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: sayımında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: sayımıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Okuryazarlık oranı da oldukça düşüktü: 1927 nüfus sayımına göre halkın yaklaşık onda biri okuyup yazabiliyordu.
The literacy rate was also quite low: according to the 1927 census, about one in ten people could read and write.
Okullar yaygınlaştıkça okuryazarların sayısı da hızla arttı; 1935'te yapılan sayımda oran neredeyse iki katına çıkmıştı.
As schools spread, the number of literate people rose quickly too; by the census of 1935 the rate had almost doubled.
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