مایه

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See also: مائة and مايه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian مایه (mâye, origin, source).

Noun

مایه (maye)

  1. origin, basis, fundament, source
    Synonym: آصل (asıl)
  2. fund, the capital stock of a business
  3. riches, the wealth of a man
    Synonyms: ثروت (servet), سرمایه (sermaye)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: maye

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian مایه (mâye, leaven, yeast).

مایه

Noun

مایه (maya)

  1. leaven, yeast, any agent used to make dough rise
  2. brood beast, a female animal kept for fecundation
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? māya
Dari reading? māya
Iranian reading? mâye
Tajik reading? moya
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

مایه (mâye)

  1. stuff, matter, substance, essence
  2. leaven, yeast, batter
  3. origin, source, basis, cause
  4. vaccine

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: maya

References

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