مایه
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مایه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian مایه (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
Derived terms
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 1664
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian مایه (mâye, “leaven, yeast”).
Noun
مایه • (maya)
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:
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 1665
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian mʾtk' (mādag, “essence, substance”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian mʾyg (māyag).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | māya |
| Dari reading? | māya |
| Iranian reading? | mâye |
| Tajik reading? | moya |
Noun
مایه • (mâye)
- stuff, matter, substance, essence
- leaven, yeast, batter
- origin, source, basis, cause
- vaccine
- Synonym: واکسن (vâksan)
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