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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سرمایه (sarmâye, “capital”).
Noun
سرمایه • (sermaye)
- (economics) capital, the durable goods available for use as a factor of production
- (finance) capital, fund, the monetary means to acquire goods and services
- principal, the money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated
- (by extension) wealth, riches, a great ammount of valuable assets or possessions
- Synonyms: ثروت (servet), مایه (maye)
- (figuratively) knowledge, skills and abilities that a person has acquired over time
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sermaye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4160
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “sermâye”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1130
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سرمایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 675
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سرمایه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2600
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sermaye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سرمایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1055
Persian
Etymology
From سر (sar) + مایه (mâye).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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sarmāya
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Dari reading?
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sarmāya
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Iranian reading?
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sarmâye
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Tajik reading?
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sarmoya
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Noun
Dari
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سرمایه
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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сармоя
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سَرمایه • (sarmâye)
- (economics, business, finance) capital (money)
Derived terms
Descendants