مایه

See also: مائة‎ and مايه‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (mâye, “origin, source”).

Noun

مایه • (maye)

origin, basis, fundament, source
Synonym: آصل‎ (asıl)
fund, the capital stock of a business
riches, the wealth of a man
Synonym: ثروت‎ (servet)

Derived terms

سرمایه‎ (sermaye, “fund, capital”)
مایه‌دار‎ (mayedar, “who has a principle or capital”)
مایه‌سز‎ (mayesız, “lacking capital or value”)

Descendants

Turkish: maye

Further reading

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Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “maye1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3086
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1098
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مایه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4262
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1667

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (mâye, “leaven, yeast”).

مایه

Noun

مایه • (maya)

leaven, yeast, any agent used to make dough rise
brood beast, a female animal kept for fecundation

Derived terms

مایه آغاجی‎ (maya ağacı, “oil palm”)
مایه‌سز‎ (mayasız, “unleavened”)
مایه‌لاتمق‎ (mayalatmak, “to make ferment”)
مایه‌لاندرمق‎ (mayalandırmak, “to make or let become leaven”)
مایه‌لانمق‎ (mayalanmak, “to ferment”)
مایه‌لی‎ (mayalı, “yeasty”)
پنیر مایه‌سی‎ (penir mayası, “rennet”)

Descendants

Turkish: maya
→ Armenian: մայա (maya)
→ Bulgarian: мая́ (majá)
→ Greek: μαγιά (magiá)
→ Macedonian: маја (maja)
→ Romanian: maia
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ма̀ја

Latin script: màja

Further reading

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Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “maya1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3085
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1098
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Fermentum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 564
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مایه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4262
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “maya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1667

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian mʾtk' (mādag, “essence, substance”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian mʾyg (māyag).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mɑːˈja/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /mɑːˈja/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mɒːˈje/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /mɔˈja/

Noun

مایه • (mâye)

Derived terms

بن‌مایه‎ (bon-mâye)
پرمایه‎ (pormâye)
سرمایه‎ (sarmâye)
فرومایه‎ (forumâye)
دستمایه‎ (dastmâye)
گرانمایه‎ (gerânmâye)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: maya

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mādag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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