سرمایه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سرمایه (sarmâye, “capital”).

Noun

سرمایه • (sermaye)

1. (economics) capital
2. (finance) capital, fund

   Synonym: مایه (maya, maye)

3. principal (the money originally invested or loaned)
4. (by extension) wealth, riches

   Synonyms: ثروت (servet), مال (mal), مایه (maya, maye)

5. (figuratively) knowledge

Derived terms

• سرمایه دار (sermaye-dar, “capitalist”)
• سرمایه‌جی (sermayeci, “one who furnishes capital”)
• سرمایه‌سز (sermayesiz, “without capital”)

Descendants

• Turkish: sermaye
• → Albanian: sermaje
• → Armenian: (Constantinople) սէրմիյէ (sērmiyē), (Van) սա̈րմիյա̈ (särmiyä)
• → Aromanian: sirmae
• → Greek: σερμαγιά (sermagiá)
• → Romanian: sermaia

Further reading

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• 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 [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1130
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سرمایه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), 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^[3], Vienna, column 2600
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sermaye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سرمایه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1055

Persian

Etymology

From سر (sar) +‎ مایه (mâye).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sar.maː.ˈja/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.mɑː.já]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.mɑː.já]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säɾ.mɑː.já]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säɾ.mɔː.já]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɹ.mɒː.jé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säɾ.mɔ.já]

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	sarmāya
Dari reading?	sarmāya
Iranian reading?	sarmâye
Tajik reading?	sarmoya

Noun

سرمایه • (sarmāya / sarmâye) (Tajik spelling сармоя)

1. (economics, business, finance) capital (money)
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 2609:

     […] تا نَپَرَّد زُود سَرمایَه زِ دَست

     […] tâ na-parrad zud sarmâye ze dast

     […] in order that [his] stock-in-trade may not suddenly fly out of [his] hand.

Derived terms

• سرمایه‌داری (sarmâye-dâri)
• سرمایه‌گذار (sarmâye-gozâr)
• سرمایه‌گذاری (sarmâye-gozâri)

Descendants

• → Armenian: (New Julfa) սարմայեայ (sarmayeay)
• → Iraqi Arabic: سرمايه
• → Azerbaijani: sərmayə
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सरमाया (sarmāyā)

  Urdu: سرمایہ (sarmāya)

• → Ottoman Turkish: سرمایه (sermaye)
  • Turkish: sermaye
  • → Albanian: sermaje
  • → Armenian: (Constantinople) սէրմիյէ (sērmiyē), (Van) սա̈րմիյա̈ (särmiyä)
  • → Aromanian: sirmae
  • → Greek: σερμαγιά (sermagiá)
  • → Romanian: sermaia